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Relationship between Agility Performance and Cognitive Parameters of Female Basketball Players
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Gokhan, Ismail; Aktas, Yakup – Journal of Educational Issues, 2019
Objective: This study aims at investigating the relationship between agility performance and perception and decision-making mechanisms of female basketball players. Materials and Methods: A total of seventeen elite female basketball player playing in Second League in Turkey Basketball Federation participated in this study voluntarily. The mean age…
Descriptors: Females, Team Sports, Athletes, Decision Making
Adapting the Mullen Scales of Early Learning for a Standardized Measure of Development in Children with Rett Syndrome
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Clarkson, Tessa; LeBlanc, Jocelyn; DeGregorio, Geneva; Vogel-Farley, Vanessa; Barnes, Katherine; Kaufmann, Walter E.; Nelson, Charles A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Rett Syndrome (RTT) is characterized by severe impairment in fine motor (FM) and expressive language (EL) function, making accurate evaluations of development difficult with standardized assessments. In this study, the administration and scoring of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) were adapted to eliminate the confounding effects of FM…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Motor Development, Children, Genetic Disorders
Facial Emotion Identification and Sexual Assault Risk Detection among College Student Sexual Assault Victims and Nonvictims
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Melkonian, Alexander J.; Ham, Lindsay S.; Bridges, Ana J.; Fugitt, Jessica L. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: High rates of sexual victimization among college students necessitate further study of factors associated with sexual assault risk detection. The present study examined how social information processing relates to sexual assault risk detection as a function of sexual assault victimization history. Participants: 225 undergraduates…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Rape, Crime, Victims of Crime
Sex Differences in Cognitive Domains and Their Clinical Correlates in Higher-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Bolte, Sven; Duketis, Eftichia; Poustka, Fritz; Holtmann, Martin – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Despite the skewed sex ratio, few studies have addressed possible cognitive sex differences in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). This study compared visual attention to detail (ATTD) and selected executive functions (EF) in 35 males and 21 females with higher-functioning ASD and unaffected sibling controls. Females with ASD outperformed males on…
Descriptors: Females, Autism, Attention, Males
Emerging Depression Is Associated with Face Memory Deficits in Adolescent Girls
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Guyer, Amanda E.; Choate, Victoria R.; Grimm, Kevin J.; Pine, Daniel S.; Keenan, Kate – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: To examine the association between memory for previously encoded emotional faces and depression symptoms assessed over 4 years in adolescent girls. Investigating the interface between memory deficits and depression in adolescent girls may provide clues about depression pathophysiology. Method: Participants were 213 girls recruited from…
Descriptors: Females, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Memory
Is Cognitive Style Bipolar?
Schroeder, David H. – 1989
This study assessed the bipolarity of cognitive style for 970 clients of the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation, a vocational guidance service. The 462 male and 508 female examinees were aged 14 to 65 years, with a median age of 24 years. Three cognitive style tests were investigated: (1) the Kagan Matching Familiar Figures Test (KMFFT); (2) the…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Cognitive Style