A sex difference in field dependence/independence in the absence of vestibular activation and eye movements. 1990

K Scholan, and M Smith
Department of Psychology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346.

Frame influence on perception of target orientation was investigated using small stimuli presented briefly to central vision. College men and women were equally accurate in their perceptions of the orientations of alphanumeric characters presented without a frame. When the same targets were enclosed in a frame, the performance of women, but not men, was significantly impaired.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009903 Optical Illusions An illusion of vision usually affecting spatial relations. Illusion, Optical,Illusions, Optical,Optical Illusion
D009949 Orientation Awareness of oneself in relation to time, place and person. Cognitive Orientation,Mental Orientation,Psychological Orientation,Cognitive Orientations,Mental Orientations,Orientation, Cognitive,Orientation, Mental,Orientation, Psychological,Orientations,Orientations, Cognitive,Orientations, Mental,Orientations, Psychological,Psychological Orientations
D011187 Posture The position or physical attitude of the body. Postures
D004193 Discrimination Learning Learning that is manifested in the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli. Discriminative Learning,Discrimination Learnings,Discriminative Learnings,Learning, Discrimination,Learning, Discriminative
D005260 Female Females
D005364 Field Dependence-Independence The ability to respond to segments of the perceptual experience rather than to the whole. Dependence-Independence, Field,Dependence-Independences, Field,Field Dependence Independence,Field Dependence-Independences
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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