Correction: Gender Differences in Sustained Attentional Control Relate to Gender Inequality across Countries
| Autor: | Hidefusa Okabe, Elizabeth Riley, Joseph DeGutis, Laura Germine, Michael Esterman, Jeremy Wilmer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Employment Male 050103 clinical psychology Adolescent MEDLINE lcsh:Medicine Developmental psychology Young Adult Cognition Sex Factors Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attention lcsh:Science Child Aged Gender inequality Sex Characteristics Multidisciplinary 05 social sciences lcsh:R Attentional control Correction Gender Identity Health Status Disparities Middle Aged Achievement lcsh:Q Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 1, p e0170876 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Sustained attentional control is critical for everyday tasks and success in school and employment. Understanding gender differences in sustained attentional control, and their potential sources, is an important goal of psychology and neuroscience and of great relevance to society. We used a large web-based sample (n = 21,484, from testmybrain.org) to examine gender differences in sustained attentional control. Our sample included participants from 41 countries, allowing us to examine how gender differences in each country relate to national indices of gender equality. We found significant gender differences in certain aspects of sustained attentional control. Using indices of gender equality, we found that overall sustained attentional control performance was lower in countries with less equality and that there were greater gender differences in performance in countries with less equality. These findings suggest that creating sociocultural conditions which value women and men equally can improve a component of sustained attention and reduce gender disparities in cognition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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