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A large-scale study of academic specialization and sex effects on Corsi block performance
Frontiers in Education. 2025. Vol. 10. Article 1639086.
Malykh S., Anna Pavlova, Malykh A., Adamovich T., Tikhomirova T.
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sex, educational specialization (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) vs. non-STEM), and performance on the Corsi block-tapping task (CBT). Behavioral outcomes included the total number of correct responses, mean reaction time (RT), and mean RT for correct responses. The sample comprised 5,455 first-year Russian university students (mean age = 18.5; 62% female). Data were analyzed using rank-based analysis of variance (ANOVA) and hierarchical linear regression models. On average, male students outperformed female students in terms of both accuracy and response speed, while STEM students achieved higher scores than non-STEM students but did not differ in RT. Notably, sex differences in the number of correct responses disappeared within educational groups, whereas sex differences in RT persisted among educational groups, regardless of educational specialization. Regression analysis revealed that mean RT (correct responses), age, sex, and educational specialization collectively explained approximately 20% of the variance in performance accuracy. The predictive contribution of educational specialization exceeded that of sex, while the interaction between these variables was not significant. These findings suggest that, while both educational specialization and sex contribute to individual differences in visuospatial working memory performance, educational specialization emerges as a slightly more influential predictor of accuracy than sex, particularly in the number of correct responses. In contrast, reaction time appears to be more consistently associated with sex-related differences, irrespective of educational specialization. The results highlight the importance of considering both cognitive and contextual factors in the assessment of spatial working memory.
Zaikin A., Sviridov I., Sosedka A. et al., Technologies 2026 Vol. 14 No. 2 Article 84
High-dimensional tabular data are common in biomedical and clinical research, yet conventional machine learning methods often struggle in such settings due to data scarcity, feature redundancy, and limited generalization. In this study, we systematically evaluate Synolitic Graph Neural Networks (SGNNs), a framework that transforms high-dimensional samples into sample-specific graphs by training ensembles of low-dimensional pairwise ...
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Kadieva D., Blagoveshchensky E., Agranovich O. et al., Frontiers in Psychology 2026 Vol. 17 Article 1832623
Embodied and embedded cognition (EEC) theory proposes that language and cognitive development emerge from bodily interactions with the environment, yet empirical tests of this claim in clinical developmental populations remain rare. This mini-review synthesizes behavioral, electrophysiological, and structural neuroimaging evidence from children with serious early motor disorders—obstetric brachial plexus palsy and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita—which restrict ...
Added: May 20, 2026
Кияненко И. К., Клиническая и специальная психология 2026 Т. 15 № 1 С. 7–19
Context and relevance. The problem of the impact of urban stress factors on mental health is becoming increasingly relevant in the context of urbanization. Living in cities is accompanied by increased psychophysiological stress, which leads to an increase in the prevalence of mental disorders among urban residents. Objective. The purpose of the article is to ...
Added: May 19, 2026
Alenina E., Kristina Terenteva, Kosonogov V., Behavioral Sciences 2026 Vol. 16 No. 5 Article 806
Anxiety is a multidimensional construct that influences cognitive performance in complex ways, yet its factor structure and domain-specific effects remain unclear. This study examined (1) the psychometric structure of general and specific anxiety measures, (2) their associations with cognitive performance across different domains, and (3) the predictive power of machine learning models in classifying cognitive ...
Added: May 18, 2026
Zamkovaya M., Педагогика и психология образования 2026 № 1 С. 57–67
В статье рассматривается процесс становления системы билингвального образования в Республике Сербия с акцентом на его цели, достижения и существующие вызовы. Отмечается, что несмотря на положительные результаты, образовательные учреждения сталкиваются с рядом проблем, среди которых недостаточное финансирование, нехватка квалифицированных специалистов и отсутствие четкой нормативно-правовой базы, регламентирующей процесс билингвального обучения. В статье также анализируются результаты эмпирических исследований, ...
Added: May 18, 2026
Андреева О. С., Просвещение, 2023.
Эта книга о том, как воспитать финансово грамотных детей. Не так важно, какой уровень дохода в вашей семье: умение зарабатывать, сберегать и тратить поможет вашим детям достичь благополучия в будущем. Все необходимые навыки для реальной сложной и порой трудной жизни вы должны вложить в детей сами.
Эта книга – пособие, которое поможет родителям понятно, последовательно и ...
Added: May 18, 2026
Андреева О. С., Росмэн-Пресс, 2026.
«Деньги. Энциклопедия российского школьника» кратко и емко расскажет:
· Чем в древности платили за товары
· Как выглядели первые деньги, из чего их делали и где хранили
· Как найти клад и можно ли выиграть в лотерею
· Как работает банк
· Как дети и подростки могут зарабатывать и распоряжаться личным бюджетом
· И еще сотни интересных научно-обоснованных фактов
Книга поможет мальчикам ...
Added: May 18, 2026
Андреева О. С., Просвещение, 2024.
В книге собраны рекомендации и практические советы приёмным родителям, с помощью которых можно сформировать у детей правильное отношение к денежным средствам, рассказывается, какими словами объяснять понятные взрослым истины относительно личных и семейных финансов ребёнку любого возраста. Одной из задач книги стала необходимость объяснения этого феномена — потребительского отношения приёмных детей к труду замещающих родителей, к ...
Added: May 18, 2026
Bobrova A., Poddiakov A., Aksiotis V., Вопросы психологии 2025 № 4 С. 96–106
In psychology, people's assessment of conditional statements "if--then", agreement and disagreement with them is actively studied. This assessment of people who are not specialists in the field of logic often differs greatly from its requirements, especially if the reality observed by a person to one degree or another contradicts a formally correct logical conclusion. In ...
Added: May 17, 2026
Pavliuk D., Higher Education 2026
The literature on doctoral students’ experience rarely examines the importance of thesis topic characteristics, even though this is one of the central decisions both at the start and throughout the doctoral journey. Although studies examine how students choose their thesis topics, there is little research on how different topic characteristics are linked to doctoral experience ...
Added: May 16, 2026
Kolachev N., Kovaleva G., Educational Research and Evaluation 2026 P. 1–24
This study investigates the psychometric structure and school-level associations between cognitive abilities of teachers and students. Using a cross-sectional quantitative design, we administered a PISA-based cognitive assessment tool measuring reading, mathematics, science literacy, and global competence to 5,391 eighth-grade students and 2,385 teachers from 84 schools in a Russian region. Bifactor modeling, measurement invariance testing, ...
Added: May 15, 2026
Anna Pavlova, Adamovich T., Malykh S., Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 2026 Vol. 20 Article 1748183
The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between resting-state EEG functional connectivity and spatial working memory (SWM) in adolescents, using a graph-theoretical approach. Sixty-three healthy adolescents (38 females; M = 16.8, SD = 0.47) participated in the study. Resting-state EEG was recorded by a wireless dry-sensor 32-channel headset (Cognionics Quick-32r) configured in a standard 10–20 montage. ...
Added: February 6, 2026
Polikanova I., Ксензов М. Ю., Меликов Р. Т., Вестник Московского университета. Серия 14: Психология 2025 Т. 48 № 4 С. 158–197
Актуальность. В научной литературе, посвященной функциональной реорганизации восприятия пространства у ампутантов, основное внимание сосредоточено на ампутантах верхних конечностей, в то время как последствия ампутаций нижних конечностей недостаточно изучены. Однако особенности перестройки восприятия пространства при ампутации верхних и нижних конечностей различаются, что подчеркивает необходимость дополнительных исследований для лучшего понимания происходящих изменений и разработки методов их компенсации. Цель. Цель работы — выявить особенности ...
Added: October 31, 2025
Иванушко В. П., Vasilenko V., Pechenkova E., Психология. Журнал Высшей школы экономики 2025 Т. 22 № 3 С. 522–533
Object imagery, representing pictorial features, and spatial imagery, representing spatial relations and transformations, are two aspects of visual mental imagery distinguished in the literature. While spatial imagery is assessed primarily with performance tests that allow an objective assessment of mental images, object imagery is assessed mainly on the basis of subjective self-report on imagery vividness. ...
Added: January 17, 2025
Obukhov A., Исследователь/Researcher 2024 № 1-2 С. 9–11
This is the introductory article to the thematic issue of the Researcher journal, dedicated to summer programs and projects in the field of research. The main material of the issue was created as part of the “Summer with Kraefest” stage of the annual festival of local studies associations, “Kraefest—2023”. The issue also covers the topics ...
Added: October 27, 2024
Kolachev N., Моделирование и анализ данных 2024 Т. 14 № 2 С. 23–44
The objective of the proposed study was to examine the properties of statistics used to assess the conformity of the distribution of the first significant digit to Benford’s Law, m* and d*, with relatively modest sample sizes (10≤ n ≤70). A simulation study was conducted to achieve this goal. Data were simulated following a log-normal ...
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Butovskaya M., Adam Y., Batsevich V. et al., Early Human Development 2024 No. 193 Article 106037
Background: Digit ratio (2D:4D) – the relative lengths of the index and ring finger – is sexually dimorphic (male <
female), possibly because of the sex-differentiated impact of prenatal androgenization on fetal development in
the 1st trimester. The sex difference remains stable with age and has been reported in children, adolescents, and
adults from industrialized and non-industrialized societies. ...
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Vasilyeva M., Antipkina I., Coughlan M. et al., Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 2021 Vol. 76 Article 101318
Literacy skills, which predict academic achievement across school, consistently show sex differences with girls outperforming boys. The present study examined whether and how these differences in literacy skills at the early stages of formal schooling are related to differences in parental input, namely the frequency of literacy-relevant activities. The study involved a large sample of ...
Added: November 10, 2023
Aksiotis V., Voskoboynikov A., Ossadtchi A. et al., , in: 2023 Fifth International Conference Neurotechnologies and Neurointerfaces (CNN) 18-20 Sept. 2023.: IEEE, 2023. P. 4–7.
Decision-making is a complex and prolonged process. In this study, we present an adaptive algorithm designed to explicitly estimate the duration of perceptual decision-making in the Random Dot Motion Task. The algorithm effectively disentangles the duration of the preparation period for the subject's decision on the direction of movement of the dots from the period ...
Added: November 9, 2023
Butovskaya M., Adam Y., Batsevich V. et al., Early Human Development 2023 Vol. 184 Article 105835
Background: In Mongolian-origin ethnic groups digit ratio (2D:4D; a proxy for prenatal sex-steroids) is sexually dimorphic (males < females), as reported for other ethnicities. Most studies measured 2D:4D from soft tissue (directly from the digits, or indirectly from hand scans), or from radiographs. Evidence on the correspondence of 2D:4D measurements from soft tissue with measurements from radiographic images ...
Added: October 3, 2023
Aksiotis V., Myachykov A., Alexey Tumyalis, Attention, Perception and Psychophysics 2023 Vol. 85 No. 12 P. 1976–1989
The stop-signal task (SST) is widely used for studying the speed of the latent process of response inhibition. The SST patterns are typically explained by a horse-race model (HRM) with supposed Go and Stop processes. However, HRM does not agree with the sequential-stage model of response control. As a result, the exact relationship between the ...
Added: August 24, 2023
Butovskaya M., Rostovtseva V., Mezentseva A., Journal of Physiological Anthropology 2022 Vol. 41 No. 1 Article 3
Background: In this paper, we investigate facial sexual dimorphism and its’ association with body dimorphism in Maasai, the traditional seminomadic population of Tanzania. We discuss findings on other human populations and possible factors affecting the developmental processes in Maasai. Methods: Full-face anthropological photographs were obtained from 305 Maasai (185 men, 120 women) aged 17–90 years. ...
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Лебедева Н. В., Vilkova K., Мониторинг общественного мнения: Экономические и социальные перемены 2022 № 3 С. 115–135
The rapid growth in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) industry has demanded a considerable number of new employees, but women among them remain the minority. In this article, we examine gender differences in motivation in pursuing STEM degrees and careers. Our research follows a mixed-method sequential design and draws data from a student survey ...
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Shchebetenko S., De Marchis G., Lozhnikova A., Personality and Individual Differences 2022 Vol. 194 No. 5 Article 111657
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