Topic: Gender differences

Three studies conducted in the context of PhD work (UNIL) aimed at proving evidence to address the question of potential gender differences in trait anxiety and executive control biases on behavioral efficacy. In scope were male and female non-clinical samples of adult young age that performed non-emotional tasks assessing basic attentional functioning (Attention Network Test – Interactions, ANT-I), sustained attention (Test of Variables of Attention, TOVA), and visual recognition abilities (Object in Location Recognition Task, OLRT). Results confirmed the intricate nature of the relationship

Different explanations have been put forward to account for gender-related differences in mental rotation (MR) tasks. This fMRI study focused on the two main strategies - allocentric and egocentric - for solving a MR task. The allocentric strategy has been shown to be faster and more effective than the egocentric strategy. Since men are better than women at solving this task, one would predict that men tend to use the object's frame, while women tend to use their own frame. 62 participant went through two experimental conditions, requiring them to use a specific method for solving a MR task. B