title: Gender differences revealed in the right posterior temporal areas during Navon letter identification tasks.
abstract: Gender differences in temporo-spectral EEG patterns during verbal cognitive performance are poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the event-related dynamics of EEG differ between genders during the performance of Navon letter identification tasks (NLITs). To this end, the EEG patterns of 40 subjects were recorded during the NLIT performance. We compared behavioral outcomes, event-related temporo-spectral dynamics, and source distribution of neural oscillations within cortical regions of male and female subjects. We found that male subjects exhibited greater induced neural activities than female subjects in right temporo-parietal areas at theta and alpha frequency bands. Source imaging for the time ranges at which maximal gender differences were observed revealed gender-dependent estimated current densities in the right posterior temporal regions. These gender differences can be explained by the existence of distinct, gender-specific hemispheric specialization. Thus, gender differences should be considered during behavioral tasks and electrophysiological measurements.
authors.affiliation: Brain Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 335 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea, 305-701.
authors.forename: Jaewon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dongil
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Sumin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Sungyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyunsang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Shinho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Jaeseung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D011932:Reading; D012737:Sex Factors; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*