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| Research article summary (published 30 Jan 2002): |
Sex differences in episodic memory: the influence of intelligence.
Full Abstract
The influence of estimated intelligence (group assessment of WAIS-R( S)) on sex differences in face recognition, as well as verbal and non-verbal episodic memory tasks was examined in 99 women and 88 men between 20 and 40 years of age. Results showed that men performed at a higher level than women on the WAIS-R(S) subtest Information, whereas the opposite was true for Digit symbol. Women performed at a higher level than men on the verbal episodic memory tasks and on face recognition, but there were no sex differences on the non-verbal episodic memory task. Estimated intelligence for both men and women was positively associated with most episodic memory measures, the exception being face recognition in women. In face recognition, there was no association to estimated intelligence, suggesting that face recognition performance in women is unrelated to several basic cognitive processes.
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Author/s: Herlitz, Agneta (A); Yonker, Julie E (JE);
Affiliation: ARC, Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, NEUROTEC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Agneta.Herlitz@psychology.su.se
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 24 (issue 1) : pp 107-14
Dates: Created 2002/04/05; Completed 2002/06/17; Revised 2008/04/14;
PMID: 11935429, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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