Assessment of auditory and visual attention in young adults according to gender differences


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Ersin K., Gündoğdu O., Şerbetçioğlu M. B.

XXIII Meeting of the Federation of European Physiological Societies & XLI Meeting of the Spanish Society for Physiological Sciences, Granada, İspanya, 4 - 06 Eylül 2024, cilt.240, ss.29, (Özet Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 240
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Granada
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.29
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction/Objectives

Some studies have shown that gender differences influence attention. In this study, we used multitasking to assess auditory and visual attention in relation to gender differences.

Materials and methods

The study included 86 participants (46 females, 40 males) aged 18-24 years.  Participants were asked to perform a monkey business illusion test (visual attention test) with a song with pure sounds hidden in the background. On-ear headphones were worn by the participants and the song and video were played at the same time. While participants were watching the video with music and pure tone stimuli in both groups, requested to count the number of women wearing white t-shirts.

Results

As a result of the comparison made within the fully aroused group in terms of visual and attention according to gender, no statistically significant difference was found between male and female subjects in terms of recognizing the gorilla, the curtain color and the girl coming out of the stage, and recognizing the pure tone stimuli at 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz and 6000 Hz.

Conclusion

The effect of the gender factor both on auditory and visual attention was also investigated. As a result of these analyses, it was seen that there was no statistically significant difference between girls and boys on attention. Although the results in the literature vary, in many studies, gender difference is not found to be effective on attention as in this study.