Esotropia, exotropia and cognitive/perceptual style.
In order to assess differences in cognitive/perceptual style between esotropes and exotropes, the Childrens' Embedded Figures Test was administered to a sample of young male and female strabismics. Significant differences in performance were found among the male subjects, indicating a tendency for esotropes to demonstrate a more analytical, highly differentiated style than do exotropes. These differences were not found among females, perhaps related to differences in the nature of cerebral hemispheric specialization.
D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004948:Esotropia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013285:Strabismus / Q000523:psychology*; D014796:Visual Perception