Abstract
This paper reviews and synthesizes findings from 21 studies on gender differences in working memory (WM) and associated neural activation patterns using EEG and fMRI technologies. The studies explore hemispheric lateralization, the effects of negative emotional stimuli on cognitive performance, and gender-specific neural and cognitive responses during WM tasks. Distinct patterns of right-sided dominance in males and left hemisphere activation in females were commonly observed, alongside gender-specific performance in verbal and visuospatial WM tasks. This review also discusses the implications of these findings on the understanding of cognitive neuropsychological dimorphism, offering insights into the complex interplay of gender, cognition, and neural architecture.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Health Informatics and Medical Systems and Biomedical Engineering - 10th International Conference, HIMS 2024, and 10th International Conference, BIOENG 2024, Held as Part of the World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2024, Revised Selected Papers |
| Editors | Abeer Alsadoon, Farzan Shenavarmasouleh, Soheyla Amirian, Farid Ghareh Mohammadi, Hamid R. Arabnia, Leonidas Deligiannidis |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
| Pages | 258-269 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783031859076 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2025 |
| Event | 10th International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Systems, HIMS 2024 and 10th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BIOENG 2024, held as part of the World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2024 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: Jul 22 2024 → Jul 25 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Communications in Computer and Information Science |
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| Volume | 2259 CCIS |
| ISSN (Print) | 1865-0929 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1865-0937 |
Conference
| Conference | 10th International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Systems, HIMS 2024 and 10th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BIOENG 2024, held as part of the World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, CSCE 2024 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Las Vegas |
| Period | 7/22/24 → 7/25/24 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
Keywords
- EEG
- Gender differences in Working Memory
- MRI