title: Relationships between speed, accuracy of performance and hemispheric superiorities for visuo-spatial pattern processing in the two sexes.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between visual field differences in tachistoscopic recognition of visuo-spatial patterns and overall proficiency in the two sexes. The results demonstrated a left visual field advantage in males but not in females. A female subgroup showed opposite rather than lacking visual field superiorities without affecting speed and accuracy of performance. These data warn against explaining differences in performance in the two sexes in terms of different hemispheric asymmetries.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011930:Reaction Time; D012737:Sex Factors; D013028:Space Perception