Affiliation:
1. Neuroscience Programme and Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario
Abstract
Young men and women were compared on the speeded repetition of speech ( ns = 20 and 18, respectively) and manual movements ( ns = 37 and 38). The repetition of a single speech or manual movement was used as a measure of baseline speed, against which to compare a sequence of movements. Males tended to be faster at repeating a single movement, but using baseline speed as a covariate resulted in a female advantage for the repetition of a sequence of movements. It was concluded that men have a basic motor-speed advantage, but that women may be faster at programming a sequence of speech or manual movements. The results are discussed with respect to sexual variation in the neural organization of motor programming systems.
Subject
Sensory Systems,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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