Sex-specific strategy use and global-local processing: A perspective towards integrating sex differences in cognition

This article reviews the literature on sex-specific strategy use in cognitive tasks with the aim to carve out a link between sex differences in different cognitive tasks. I conclude that male strategies are commonly holistic and oriented towards global stimulus aspects, while female strategies are c...

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Main Author: Belinda ePletzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00425/full