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Sex differences in perception: exploring the integration of sensory information with respect to vision and proprioception

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>3/08/2007
<mark>Journal</mark>Sex Roles
Issue number3-4
Volume57
Number of pages6
Pages (from-to)181-186
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Inter- and intra-modal matching by right hand preferred Norwegian adults were tested using a matching task. The task required them to locate target pins visually, proprioceptively or in combination, while matching was always carried out without vision. When combined scores for both hands were analysed, the females showed superior performance in the intra-modal matching condition. For both groups, when the scores for the two hands were treated separately, superior performance was obtained in using the right hand to match under the visual condition. The only significant sex difference relative to hand preference was that the females matched the target more accurately with the right hand in the intra-modal matching condition. These findings are discussed relative to inter-hemispheric processing