Female advantage in verbal learning revisited

A Hunt study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21602178
AutoresVanja Kljajević (0009-0009-3565-7081, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia), Hallvard Røe Evensmoen (0000-0002-2926-7476, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), D Sokołowski (0000-0002-8527-5585, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway), Jasmine Pani (0000-0002-3188-3585, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Tor Ivar Hansen (0000-0003-2503-6205, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Asta K Håberg (0000-0002-9007-1202, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Año2023
Volumen31
Número6
Páginas831-849
Fecha de publicación2023-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMemory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0965-8211 • E-ISSN: 1464-0686
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09658211.2023.2203431
PMID37114402
OpenAlexW4367299311
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas66

4403) of individuals 13-97 years of age from the general population, we investigated whether this advantage is consistently reflected in learning, recall, and recognition and how other cognitive abilities differentially support word list learning. A robust female advantage was found in all subcomponents of the task. Semantic clustering mediated the effects of short-term and working memory on long-delayed recall and recognition, and serial clustering on short-delayed recall. These indirect effects were moderated by sex, with men benefiting more from reliance on each clustering strategy than women. Auditory attention span mediated the effect of pattern separation on true positives in word recognition, and this effect was stronger in men than in women. Men had better short-term and working memory scores, but lower auditory attention span and were more vulnerable to interference both in delayed recall and recognition. Thus, our data suggest that auditory attention span and interference control (inhibition), rather than short-term or working memory scores, semantic and/or serial clustering on their own, underlie better performance on word list learning in women

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