Sex/Gender Differences in Verbal Fluency and Verbal-Episodic Memory: A Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Perspectives on psychological science Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 67 - 90
• Main Authors: Hirnstein, Marco, Stuebs, Josephine, Moè, Angelica, Hausmann, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2023; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Acknowledgment; Advantages; Effect Size; Episodic memory; Female; Females; Fluency; Gender differences; Humans; Male; Memory; Memory, Episodic; Meta Analysis; Neuropsychological Tests; Phonemics; Recall; Recall (Psychology); Semantics; Sex differences; Sex Factors; Verbal Ability; Verbal Behavior; Verbal memory; verbal memory; semantic fluency; phonemic fluency; verbal ability; age; author effects

Women are thought to fare better in verbal abilities, especially in verbal-fluency and verbal-memory tasks. However, the last meta-analysis on sex/gender differences in verbal fluency dates from 1988. Although verbal memory has only recently been investigated meta-analytically, a comprehensive meta-...