title: Sex differences in cognitive strategic preference among medical students.
abstract: The cognitive strategic preferences of first-year medical students (42 men and 31 women) were assessed using the Word-Shape Sorting Test, on which subjects may adopt a verbal or visuospatial approach to problem-solving. 24 (77%) women, but only 25 (60%) men, exhibited a clear preference for a particular information-processing strategy. Some factors contributing to confusion in the literature on cognitive style are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012737:Sex Factors; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*