sex differences in brain lateralisation

Question 1

which tasks do women outperform men on

Answer 1

language tasks
females show more bilateral activity for language tasks
evidence suggests language centres in both hemispheres- more processing power

Question 2

which tasks do men outperform women on

Answer 2

spatial tasks

greater lateralisation in right hemispheres

Question 3

strengths

Answer 3

supporting research evidence- Rilea et al (2005) – found that males outperformed women on some spatial tasks, especially those that use a lot of activity in the right hemisphere (e.g., a water level task).

Question 4

weaknesses

Answer 4

individual differences in performance

be wary of making over generalisations e.g. Rilea et al (2005) no differences observed in spatial task