Cognitive Sex Differences Are Not Magnified as a Function of Age, Sex Hormones, or Puberty Development During Early Adolescence

Are cognitive sex differences magnified by individual differences in age, sex hormones, or puberty development? Cross-sectional samples of 12- to 14-year-old boys (n = 85) and girls (n = 102) completed tasks assessing episodic memory, face recognition, verbal fluency, and mental rotations. Blood est...

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Published in:Developmental neuropsychology 2013-04, Vol.38 (3), p.167-179
Main Authors: Herlitz, Agneta, Reuterskiöld, Lena, Lovén, Johanna, Thilers, Petra P., Rehnman, Jenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
age
Age Factors
Aging
Child
Child development
Child Development - physiology
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition - physiology
cognitive sex differences
Female
Gender differences
Gonadal Steroid Hormones - blood
Hormones
Humans
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Memory
Memory - physiology
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Psychology
Psykologi
Puberty
Puberty - physiology
puberty development
Recognition (Psychology)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Self Report
Sex Characteristics
Sex Factors
sex hormones
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Socialvetenskap
Verbal Learning - physiology
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Summary:Are cognitive sex differences magnified by individual differences in age, sex hormones, or puberty development? Cross-sectional samples of 12- to 14-year-old boys (n = 85) and girls (n = 102) completed tasks assessing episodic memory, face recognition, verbal fluency, and mental rotations. Blood estradiol, free testosterone, and self-rated puberty scores were obtained. Sex differences were found on all cognitive measures. However, the magnitude was not larger for older children, hormones and cognitive performance were not associated, and early maturers did not perform better than late maturers. Thus, cognitive sex differences were not associated with age, levels of sex hormones, or puberty development.
ISSN:8756-5641
1532-6942
1532-6942
DOI:10.1080/87565641.2012.759580