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Gender Differences in Behaviourally Fractionated Omitted Stimulus Reaction Time Task using Visual, Auditory and Somatosensory Stimuli

Hernández O. H., Alfonso-ArguelloJ. I. and Hernández-Sánchez J. A.

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 26, Issue 1, March 2018

Keywords: Cognitive, movement, multisensory, omitted stimulus, reaction time

Published on: 20 Mac 2018

Although most studies in the field agree on gender differences regarding reaction times, disagreements also remain about this trend. This is a replication study with a large sample size designed to verify the consistency of a prior result that showed an absence of gender differences in omitted stimulus reaction time (OSRT) task using behavioural criteria to fractionate reaction time into Premotor (cognitive) and Motor components. A total of 112 healthy participants (56 males) responded to the termination of a train of visual, auditory, or somatosensory stimuli. The results did not support the previous finding and showed that men have faster Premotor and Motor responses on each of the three sensory modalities. Faster responses were obtained with auditory rather than visual or somatosensory stimuli. These results are relevant to developing a better understanding of the different time processing capabilities of the male and female brains.

ISSN 1511-3701

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JSSH-1825-2016

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