Sex and strategy effects on brain activation during a 3D-navigation task

Isabel Noachtar; Ti-Anni Harris; Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez; Belinda Pletzer

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03147-9

Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Sex and strategy effects on brain activation during a 3D-navigation task

Isabel Noachtar,
Ti-Anni Harris,
Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez,
Belinda Pletzer

Affiliations

Isabel Noachtar: Department of Psychology and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg
Ti-Anni Harris: Department of Psychology and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg
Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez: Department of Psychology and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg
Belinda Pletzer: Department of Psychology and Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03147-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Noachtar et al. report that the pattern of brain activation supporting 3D navigation differs between men and women. On average, men would rely more on a spatial network and women on a verbal strategy.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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