{"id":"https://openalex.org/W820389788","doi":null,"title":"Differences between the sexes in sensory sensitivity and performance in the visual and auditory modalities","display_name":"Differences between the sexes in sensory sensitivity and performance in the visual and auditory modalities","publication_year":1983,"publication_date":"1983-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W820389788","mag":"820389788"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dspace.lboro.ac.uk:2134/10871","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10871","pdf_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10871","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401023","display_name":"Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10871","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080527010","display_name":"Michael A. Rowe","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Michael A. Rowe","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5080527010"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10427","display_name":"Visual perception and processing mechanisms","score":0.7056000232696533,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10427","display_name":"Visual perception and processing mechanisms","score":0.7056000232696533,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12032","display_name":"Multisensory perception and integration","score":0.05429999902844429,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11577","display_name":"Cognitive Abilities and Testing","score":0.043800000101327896,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sex-differences","display_name":"sex differences","score":0.9900000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sensory-sensitivity","display_name":"sensory sensitivity","score":0.9639999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/auditory-perception","display_name":"auditory perception","score":0.6309999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visual-perception","display_name":"visual perception","score":0.9570000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/subjective-intensity","display_name":"subjective intensity","score":0.47999998927116394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pitch-discrimination","display_name":"pitch discrimination","score":0.9380000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/visual-acuity","display_name":"visual acuity","score":0.9620000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dark-adaptation","display_name":"dark adaptation","score":0.9459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/menstrual-cycle","display_name":"menstrual cycle","score":0.6039999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hormonal-effects","display_name":"endocrine effects","score":0.671999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spatial-ability","display_name":"spatial ability","score":0.5130000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mechanical-reasoning","display_name":"mechanical reasoning","score":0.9350000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/verbal-ability","display_name":"verbal ability","score":0.6380000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/personality-theory","display_name":"personality theory","score":0.49300000071525574}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548259974","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q569965","display_name":"Audiology","level":1,"score":0.777327299118042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26486553","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371870","display_name":"Stimulus modality","level":3,"score":0.7443987727165222},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6181217432022095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780226545","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6888030","display_name":"Modality (human\u2013computer interaction)","level":2,"score":0.6166844964027405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94487597","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11101","display_name":"Sensory system","level":2,"score":0.5980286598205566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.5441984534263611},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.4864058792591095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2988483714","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q859031","display_name":"Auditory stimuli","level":3,"score":0.4567176103591919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178253425","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162668","display_name":"Visual perception","level":3,"score":0.45500823855400085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.3866809010505676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.2700722813606262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.16589930653572083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.13368293642997742},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:dspace.lboro.ac.uk:2134/10871","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10871","pdf_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10871","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401023","display_name":"Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"pmh:oai:figshare.com:article/9358499","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/Differences_between_the_sexes_in_sensory_sensitivity_and_performance_in_the_visual_and_auditory_modalities/9358499","pdf_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/Differences_between_the_sexes_in_sensory_sensitivity_and_performance_in_the_visual_and_auditory_modalities/9358499","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402585","display_name":"Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:820389788","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://europepmc.org/theses/ETH/331773","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400806","display_name":"Europe PMC (PubMed Central)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1303153112","host_organization_name":"European Bioinformatics Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1303153112"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dspace.lboro.ac.uk:2134/10871","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10871","pdf_url":"https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10871","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401023","display_name":"Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I143804889","host_organization_name":"Loughborough University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I143804889"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W820389788.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W820389788.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2048547983","https://openalex.org/W2069473810","https://openalex.org/W2317981702","https://openalex.org/W2079109368","https://openalex.org/W1987568193","https://openalex.org/W2799589223","https://openalex.org/W7095919674","https://openalex.org/W2324870431","https://openalex.org/W2139805386","https://openalex.org/W2800775193"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"50":[0,5],"young":[1],"adult":[2],"males":[3,80,143,276],"and":[4,15,27,153,160,176,195,201,222,244,283,291,313,318,330],"females":[6,52],"undertook":[7],"a":[8,119,137,169,319],"series":[9],"of":[10,130,172,182,186,220,265,274,336],"psychophysical\\nexperiments":[11],"in":[12,40,46,56,64,98,140,192,257,263,272,340],"the":[13,22,37,41,65,86,94,104,109,123,142,173,193,202,214,226,231,236,253,266,275,289,323,331,337],"auditory":[14,42,66,194,223,290,310],"visual":[16,105,196,221,292,328],"modalities,":[17],"testing":[18],"(i)":[19],"sensory\\nthreshold,":[20],"(H)":[21],"subjective":[23,60,124],"response":[24,61],"to":[25,62,126],"intensity,\u00b7":[26],"(Hi)":[28],"discriminatory\\nability":[29],"(the":[30],"Phase":[31],"1":[32],"experiments).":[33],"Significant":[34,250],"differences":[35,92,212,251,271,347],"between":[36,93,213,252,288,309,327],"sexes\\nin":[38],"performance":[39,191,219],"modality":[43,106],"were":[44,96,240,260,277],"found":[45],"absolute":[47],"threshold":[48],"for\\nsome":[49],"frequencies":[50],"with":[51],"being":[53],"more":[54],"sensitive":[55],"each":[57],"instance.":[58],"In\\ntheir":[59],"intensity":[63,127,311],"modality,":[67],"females\\nconsistently":[68],"set":[69,78],"levels":[70],"8":[71],"-":[72],"9":[73],"dB":[74],"lower":[75],"than":[76],"those":[77],"by":[79],"at":[81,225],"all\\nfrequencies.":[82],"In":[83,103],"all":[84,314],"instances":[85],"difference":[87,139],"was":[88],"statistically":[89],"significant.\\nNo":[90],"significant":[91,107,159,270,320],"sexes":[95,110,215],"obtained":[97,163,339],"their":[99],"ability\\nto":[100],"discriminate":[101],"pitch.":[102],"differences\\nbetween":[108],"are":[111,149,198,348],"not":[112,168,261],"apparent":[113,262],"for":[114,179,322,343],"dark":[115],"adaptation":[116],"(used":[117],"as":[118],"test":[120],"of\\nthreshold)":[121],"or":[122,228],"reaction":[125],"(glare).":[128],"Analysis":[129],"the\\nvisual":[131],"acuity":[132,329],"scores":[133],"(discriminatory":[134],"ability)":[135],"shows":[136],"sex":[138,346],"favour\\nof":[141],"(p>":[144],"0.01).":[145],"Extensive":[146],"correlational":[147],"analyses":[148,287],"employed":[150],"to\\nexamine":[151],"within-mode":[152],"inter-modality":[154],"relationships.":[155],"The":[156,184,242],"lack":[157],"of\\nconsistent":[158],"high":[161,303],"relationships":[162],"indicate":[164],"that":[165,205,210],"sensory\\nsensitivity":[166],"is":[167,248],"consistent":[170],"property":[171],"nervous":[174],"system,":[175],"presents\\nsome":[177],"problems":[178],"current":[180],"theories":[181],"personality.":[183],"effects":[185],"the\\nmenstrual":[187],"cycle":[188],"on":[189,298],"female":[190,255],"modality\\ntasks":[197],"also":[199],"considered,":[200],"data":[203,338],"indicates":[204],"hormonal":[206],"influences\\nare":[207],"implicated.\\nHaving":[208],"established":[209],"some":[211],"do":[216],"exist":[217],"in\\nthe":[218],"tasks":[224],"sensory":[227],"basic\\nperceptual":[229],"levels,":[230],"second":[232],"phase":[233],"experiments":[234,247],"(administering":[235],"Bennett\\nDifferential":[237],"Aptitude":[238],"Tests)":[239],"commenced.":[241],"rationale":[243],"methodology\\nfor":[245],"these":[246],"described.":[249],"male\\nand":[254],"groups":[256],"this":[258,341],"study":[259,342],"any":[264],"Verbal/Language\\nUsage":[267],"tests,":[268,317],"but":[269],"favour":[273],"obtained\\nfor":[278],"Space":[279,332],"Relations":[280,333],"(p.>":[281],"0.05)":[282],"Mechanical":[284],"Reasoning":[285],"(p>0.02).\\nCorrelational":[286],"parameters":[293],"and\\nthe":[294],"cognitive":[295],"abilities":[296],"tested":[297],"the.":[299],"Bennett":[300],"DAT":[301],"showed":[302],"significant\\nrelationships":[304],"(p":[305,325],">":[306],"0":[307],".01)":[308],"tolerance":[312],"the\\nVerbal/Language":[315],"Usage":[316],"relationship":[321],"total\\nsample":[324],">0\u00b7.05)":[326],"test.\\nThe":[334],"implications":[335],"existing":[344],"theories\\nof":[345],"discussed.":[349]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}