Cognitive Sex Differences: a 'Political Minefield': At the Eastern Psychological Association Meeting, Psychologists Spoke on Sex Differences and Other Topics in Cognitive Psychology

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Kersting ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Cognitive Psychology ◽  
Eastern Psychological Association ◽  
Psychological Association Meeting ◽  
Association Meeting

scholarly journals Investigating sex differences, cognitive effort, strategy, and performance on a computerised version of the mental rotations test via eye tracking

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Toth ◽  
Mark J. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Cognitive Psychology ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Large Male ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Mental Rotations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Male Performance

AbstractMental rotation tests (MRTs) have previously shown one of the most prominent sex differences in cognitive psychology, marked by a large male performance advantage. However, debate continues over the reasons for these sex differences. Previously, we used pupillometry to demonstrate sex differences in the cognitive effort invoked during the original MRT. Here, we evaluated the magnitude of sex differences during performance on a computerized version of the Vandenberg and Kuse MRT. Secondly, we examined whether fixation metrics could illuminate strategy use by participants. Finally, we used pupillometry to investigate whether cognitive effort differed between sexes and trials of different difficulty. While our results demonstrate no performance differences between sexes on the computerized MRT, fixation patterns provided evidence that gaze strategy was associated with performance on different parts of the test. Moreover, we show the cognitive demand of the V&K MRT, evidenced by large task dependent increases in participants’ pupil diameters.

scholarly journals The Red Handbook: an historic centenary

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Henry R. Rollin
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Association Meeting ◽  
Association Meeting

On 21 February 1884, a sub-committee of the Medico-Psychological Association meeting in Glasgow was appointed to prepare a handbook ‘in the hope of helping Attendants on the insane to a due understanding of the work in which they are engaged’. With commendable speed the four gentlemen concerned, Drs A. Campbell Clark, C. McIvor Campbell, A. R. Turnbull and A. R. Urquart, completed their allotted task, and in 1885 The Handbook For The Instruction Of Attendants On The Insane was published.

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