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ArticleBrain sciences2023

Reversal Training Discloses Gender Differences in a Spatial Memory Task in Humans.

Laura Tascón, Irene León, Rubén Fernández, José Manuel Cimadevilla

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Article in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura TascónDepartment of Psychology, University of Cordoba, C/San Alberto Magno, s/n, 14071 Cordoba, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3656-699X
Irene LeónFacultad de Educación, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Av. de la Paz, 137, 26006 Logroño, Spain.
Rubén FernándezFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Almeria, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
José Manuel CimadevillaFaculty of Psychology, University of Almeria, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
University of Almería · ESUniversidad Internacional De La Rioja · ESUniversity of Córdoba · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past few years, spatial memory has been studied using virtual-reality-based tasks. Reversal learning has been widely used in spatial orientation tasks for testing, among other things, new learning and flexibility. By means of a reversal-learning protocol, we assessed spatial memory in men and women. A total of sixty participants (half of them women) performed a task that included two phases: during the acquisition phase, participants were asked to find one or three rewarded positions in the virtual room across ten trials. During the reversal phase, the rewarded boxes were moved to a new position and maintained for four trials. The results showed that men and women differed in the reversal phase, with men outperforming women in high demanding conditions. Dissimilarities in several cognitive abilities between both genders are the base of these differences and are discussed.

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dimorphismflexibilityhippocampussex differencesvirtual reality

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PMID37239212
PMCPMC10216308
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