Effects of sex on object recognition and spatial navigation in humans

被引:66
作者
Rizk-Jackson, Angela M.
Acevedo, Summer F.
Inman, Dean
Howieson, Diane
Benice, Theodore S.
Raber, Jacob
机构
[1] Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Dept Behav Neurosci, Portland, OR 97239 USA
[2] Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Dept Neurol, Portland, OR 97239 USA
[3] Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, ONPRC, Div Neurosci, Portland, OR 97239 USA
[4] Oregon Res Inst, Appl Comp Simulat Labs, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
关键词
virtual maze; facial recognition; novel location recognition; sex differences;
D O I
10.1016/j.bbr.2006.06.029
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Human tests designed to mirror rodent tests of object recognition and spatial navigation were administered to adult cognitively healthy humans. Facial recognition was also assessed. There was no sex difference in facial recognition, consistent with earlier studies. In the object recognition test, the test-retest NINL total scores during the same visit were highly correlated, comparable to the test-retest correlations obtained in the established facial recognition test. There were no effects of sex on object recognition. However, in the spatial navigation test, there were effects of sex on spatial learning and memory during the session with the hidden, but not visible, target. These tests might be useful to compare assessments of object recognition and spatial learning and memory in humans and animal models. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:181 / 190
页数:10
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