What did you do yesterday? A meta-analysis of sex differences in episodic memory.

M Asperholm, N Högman, J Rafi, A Herlitz - Psychological bulletin, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
To remember what one did yesterday is an example of an everyday episodic memory task,
in which a female advantage has sometimes been reported. Here, we quantify the impact of …

Reading self-efficacy predicts word reading but not comprehension in both girls and boys

JM Carroll, AC Fox - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The relationship between cognitive skills and reading has been well-established. However,
the role of motivational factors such as self-efficacy in reading progress is less clear. In …

Sex differences in using spatial and verbal abilities influence route learning performance in a virtual environment: A comparison of 6-to 12-year old boys and girls

EC Merrill, Y Yang, B Roskos, S Steele - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Previous studies have reported sex differences in wayfinding performance among adults.
Men are typically better at using Euclidean information and survey strategies while women …

Beginnings of place value: How preschoolers write three‐digit numbers

L Byrge, LB Smith, KS Mix - Child development, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Place value notation is essential to mathematics learning. This study examined young
children's (4‐to 6‐year‐olds, N= 172) understanding of place value prior to explicit schooling …

The development of working memory: Sex differences in accuracy and reaction times

P Ibbotson, E Roque-Gutierrez - Journal of cognition and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Small but robust differences in cognition exist between the sexes in adult populations.
Studying sex differences in children's cognition can bring insight into when, where and how …

A question of legitimacy: Graphic novel reading as “real” reading

RA Moeller - Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although the implementation of multimodalities in education is much lauded by education
research, the educational value of such formats is uncertain for education stakeholders. This …

Girls in detail, boys in shape: Gender differences when drawing cubes in depth

C Lange‐Küttner, M Ebersbach - British Journal of Psychology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The current study tested gender differences in the developmental transition from drawing
cubes in two‐versus three dimensions (3D), and investigated the underlying spatial abilities …

The reduction of vitamin D in females with major depressive disorder is associated with worse cognition mediated by abnormal brain functional connectivity

W Zhao, D Zhu, S Li, S Cui, P Jiang, R Wang… - Progress in Neuro …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low vitamin D is linked to major depressive disorder (MDD) through affecting the brain.
Gender difference is apparent in MDD and vitamin D level. We aimed to examine the …

Sex differences in visual realism in drawings of animate and inanimate objects

C Lange-Küttner - Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Sex differences in a visually realistic drawing style were examined using the model of a
curvy cup as an inanimate object, and the Draw-A-Person test (DAP) as a task involving …

Keeping it in three dimensions: Measuring the development of mental rotation in children with the Rotated Colour Cube Test (RCCT)

N Lütke, C Lange-Küttner - International journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
This study introduces the new Rotated Colour Cube Test (RCCT) as a measure of object
identification and mental rotation using single 3D colour cube images in a matching-to …