Outputs (5)

Lateral bias in visual working memory (2022)
Journal Article
Griksiene, R., Gaizauskaite, R., Pretkelyte, I., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Lateral bias in visual working memory. Symmetry, 14(12), Article 2509. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14122509

The present study aimed to evaluate functional cerebral asymmetries of visual working memory (VWM) in relation to language lateralization. The bilateral change detection paradigm with capital letters as stimuli and the translingual lexical decision t... Read More about Lateral bias in visual working memory.

Spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender differences in mental rotation (2022)
Journal Article
Arrighi, L., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender differences in mental rotation. Learning & Memory, 29(9), 312-320. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.053596.122

A recent meta−synthesis study with a sample of over 12 million participants revealed that the male advantage in mental rotation (MR) is the largest cognitive sex/gender difference found in psychological literature. MR requires test−takers to mentally... Read More about Spatial anxiety and self-confidence mediate sex/gender differences in mental rotation.

Sex/gender differences in verbal fluency and verbal episodic memory - a meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Hirnstein, M., Stuebs, J., Moè, A., & Hausmann, M. (2023). Sex/gender differences in verbal fluency and verbal episodic memory - a meta-analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(1), 67-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221082116

Women are thought to fare better in verbal abilities, especially in verbal fluency and verbal memory tasks. However, the last meta-analysis on sex/gender differences in verbal fluency dates from 1988. While verbal memory has only recently been invest... Read More about Sex/gender differences in verbal fluency and verbal episodic memory - a meta-analysis.

Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study (2022)
Journal Article
Smekal, V., Burt, D., Kentridge, R., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study. Neuropsychology, 36(5), 443-455. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000804

Objective: To resolve inconsistencies in the literature regarding the dominance of the right cerebral hemisphere (RH) in emotional face perception, specifically investigating the role of the intensity of emotional expressions, different emotions, and... Read More about Emotion lateralization in a graduated emotional chimeric face task: An online study.

Sex/Gender Differences in Brain Lateralisation and Connectivity (2022)
Book Chapter
Hodgetts, S., & Hausmann, M. (2022). Sex/Gender Differences in Brain Lateralisation and Connectivity. In Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (1-29). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2022_303

There is now a significant body of literature concerning sex/gender differences in the human brain. This chapter will critically review and synthesise key findings from several studies that have investigated sex/gender differences in structural and f... Read More about Sex/Gender Differences in Brain Lateralisation and Connectivity.