Gender differences appear in academic achievement and several cognitive parameters but not in inhibition/interference or social skills¶
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q3 i? Gender significantly influenced academic achievement (p=0.002), working memory (p=0.003; p=0.013), processing speed (p=0.001) and cognitive flexibility (p=0.042), with no significant differences in social skills (p=0.960) or inhibition/interference (p=0.925). → Cancela J 2019
Evidence¶
Cancela J 2019¶
Cancela J, Burgo H, Sande E. (2019). Physical fitness and executive functions in adolescents: cross-sectional associations with academic achievement. J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 31: 556–562. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpts/31/7/31_17-478/_article
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Descriptive analysis with Student's t-test comparing males (n=336) and females (n=374) in the cross-sectional sample. The study reports "gender had a significant influence on AA (p=0.002)" and null differences for social skills and inhibition/interference.
"gender had a significant influence on AA (p=0.002), working memory (p=0.003; p=0.013), processing speed (p=0.001) and cognitive flexibility (p=0.042), no significant differences being observed in the social skills (p=0.960) or in inhibition/interference (p=0.925)."
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claim |
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gender-differences-aa-cognitive-parameters |
title |
Gender differences appear in academic achievement and several cognitive parameters but not in inhibition/interference or social skills |
description |
Gender differences appear in academic achievement and several cognitive parameters but not in inhibition/interference or social skills |
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review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2019 |
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1 — cancela-j-2019 |
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