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| Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2003): |
Sexual-orientation-related differences in verbal fluency.
Full Abstract
This study examined the performance of 60 heterosexual men, 60 gay men, 60 heterosexual women, and 60 lesbians on 3 tests of verbal fluency known to show gender differences:
letter, category, and synonym fluency. Gay men and lesbians showed opposite-sex shifts in their profile of scores. For letter fluency, gay men outperformed all other groups; lesbians showed the lowest scores. For category fluency, gay men and heterosexual women jointly outperformed lesbians and heterosexual men. Finally, gay men outperformed all other groups on synonym fluency, whereas lesbians and heterosexual men performed similarly. A difference between heterosexual men and women was demonstrated on category and synonym fluency only. The findings implicate within-sex differences in the functioning of the prefrontal and temporal cortices.
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Author information
Author/s: Rahman, Qazi (Q); Abrahams, Sharon (S); Wilson, Glenn D (GD);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England. q.rahman@iop.kcl.ac.uk
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Neuropsychology (Neuropsychology), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 17 (issue 2) : pp 240-6
Dates: Created 2003/06/13; Completed 2003/07/14; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12803429, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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