Investigating sex differences in the perception of biological motion associated with visuospatial decision-making movement accuracy

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Thomson, Kaivo, Watt, Anthony P and Ereline, Jaan (2011) Investigating sex differences in the perception of biological motion associated with visuospatial decision-making movement accuracy. Education Sciences and Psychology, 19 (2). pp. 65-71. ISSN 1512-1801

Abstract

The ability to perceive biological motion using point-light displays allows for differentiation in the evaluation of human movement. The purpose of the study was to examine sex differences in cognitive processing based upon a visuospatial decision-making accuracy task that utilized the perception of biological motion associated with a specific movement in ballet. The participants were 33 males and 36 females, Estonian citizens aged between 18 and 27 years. The ELITE Biomech 2002 movement analysis apparatus was used to generate point-light stimuli. The task involved distinguishing between point-light stimuli representations of digital video footage of a correct and incorrect turn from fifth position in ballet. Repeated measures Multivariate Analysis of Variance results revealed no significant differences between male and female decision-making accuracy scores. This result suggests that in relation to this type of specific visuospatial processing task it may be that social factors may also influence sex specific genetic predispositions associated with visuospatial ability.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/9383
Official URL http://gesj.internet-academy.org.ge/en/list_artic_...
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Education
Historical > FOR Classification > 1701 Psychology
Historical > SEO Classification > 9302 Teaching and Instruction
Keywords ResPubID24277, biological motion, decision-making, visuospatial processing, point-light stimuli
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