Men and women exhibit a differential bias for processing movement versus objects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  McGivern, Robert F ^a   Adams, Brian ^a   Handa, Robert J ^b   Pineda, Jaime A ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATION; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PROCESSING; OBJECT PROCESSING; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; COLOR VISION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858190931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032238     Document Type: Article

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