Sex related biases for attending to object color versus object position are reflected in reaction time and accuracy.

ABSTRACT: Processing of visual features related to objects and space relations occurs within separate cortical streams that interact with selective attention. Such separation has implications for cognitive development because the perception of 'what' and 'where' provide a neural foundation for the development of aspects of higher cognition. Thus, a small attentional bias in early development for attending to one aspect over the other might influence subsequent higher cognitive processing in tasks involving object recognition and space relations. We examined 134 men and women for evidence of an inherent sex-related bias for attending to basic perceptual features related to object discrimination versus object position. Each stimulus consisted of a circle located in one of 9 positions within a surround

SUBMITTER: McGivern RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326485 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature