Sex differences in implicit processing of allocentric relationships between objects and location in a Simon task.

ABSTRACT: Simon tasks reveal implicit processing conflicts that arise when the abstract coding of stimulus position is incongruent with coding for location of the output response. Participants were tested with two versions of a Simon task in a counterbalanced order to examine a potential female bias for attending to object characteristics versus object location. Both tasks used a triangle pointing to the left or right. A simple version presented the triangle in an inner or outer position relative to central fixation. A more complex version included a frame surrounding the inner-outer triangle presentation area in order to introduce additional visual elements for left/right visual processing. When the No Frame version was the first presented, there were no sex differences in the Simon effect in eithe

SUBMITTER: Mosso M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375599 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature