TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Sex differences in episodic memory: the impact of verbal and visuospatial ability
JO  - Neuropsychology
A1  - Herlitz, A.
A1  - Airaksinen, E.
A1  - Nordström, E.
SP  - 590
EP  - 597
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
N2  - The impact of verbal and visuospatial ability on sex differences in episodic memory was investigated. One hundred men and 100 women, 2040 years old, participated in a series of verbal and visuospatial tasks. Episodic memory was assessed in tasks that, to a greater or lesser extent, were verbal or visuospatial in nature. Results showed that women excelled in verbal production tasks and that men performed at a superior level on a mental rotation task. In addition, women tended to perform at a higher level than men on most episodic memory tasks. Taken together, the results demonstrated that (a) women perform at a higher level than men on most verbal episodic memory tasks and on some episodic memory tasks with a visuospatial component, and (b) women's higher performance on episodic memory tasks cannot fully be explained by their superior performance on verbal production tasks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-4105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -