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Cognition and correlation

Mar 11, 2008 08:15

Burman and Booth (2008) searched for brain activation differences by sex that could explain the persistent performance differences on language tasks between boys and girls. Burman and Booth's fMRI study scanned 62 children (50% male) during rhyming and spelling tasks presented in written or verbal form. They concluded that boys and girls were ( Read more... )

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note to self, typical fMRI sample sizes? differenceblog March 11 2008, 16:28:24 UTC

Video games: 11M, 11F http://differenceblog.livejournal.com/110225.html
Stress reactions: 16M, 16F http://differenceblog.livejournal.com/98851.html
Emotional memories: 12M, 12F http://differenceblog.livejournal.com/58861.html
also 12M, 11F (same article)
Erotic Picture Viewing: 22M, 22F http://differenceblog.livejournal.com/48354.html

So, 31 is pretty big, and 11 is pretty normal... hm.