@article{SarrarWarschburgerPfeifferetal.2013,
  author    = {Sarrar, L. and Warschburger, Petra and Pfeiffer, E. and Lehmkuhl, Ulrike and Schneider, N.},
  title     = {Cognitive flexibility in adolescent patients with unipolar affective disorders - gender differences},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie},
  volume    = {41},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {Bern},
  issn      = {1422-4917},
  doi       = {10.1024/1422-4917/a000240},
  pages     = {261 -- 270},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Objective: Several studies have revealed impairments in cognitive functions among patients with affective disorders (AD). However, to date there are few neuropsychological studies on cognitive flexibility among adolescent patients with AD, especially on gender differences in AD. Here, we investigate cognitive functions, especially cognitive flexibility, in adolescent patients with unipolar AD (UAD) compared to a healthy control group (CG). Method: The study population consists of 17 male patients (M-age = 15.4 +/- 1.3) and 22 female patients with UAD (M-age = 15.6 +/- 1.4) as well as 20 male (M-age = 16.0 +/- 1.0) and 30 female (M-age = 15.7 +/- 0.9) healthy adolescents. A neuropsychological test battery was conducted, and depressive symptoms, psychological stress, and intelligence were also assessed. Results: The analyses revealed no significant group differences regarding cognitive flexibility or visual processing speed, albeit slight better performance in motor processing speed for the CG. Furthermore, no gender differences were observed regarding cognitive flexibility, though female subjects general displayed better performance in processing speed. Conclusions: Overall, there are no indications for serious deficits and specific gender differences in cognitive flexibility or processing speed in adolescent patients with UAD. Independent of psychological distress, female subjects seem to have some advantages in processing speed.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{CuadrovonHagenCostaBall2017,
  author    = {Cuadro, Ariel and von Hagen, Alexa and Costa Ball, Daniel},
  title     = {Procedural differences in the calculation of the prevalence of reading difficulties in Spanish-speaking school children},
  series = {Studies in psychology},
  volume    = {38},
  journal   = {Studies in psychology},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0210-9395},
  doi       = {10.1080/02109395.2016.1268388},
  pages     = {169 -- 197},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {The prevalence of reading difficulties (RD) reflects controversial data ranging from 3.1-3.2\% to 17.5\%. Possible explanations are partly based on the incidence of orthography-specific factors influencing the reading process, but also on methodological differences that hinder comparison of the reported results. For this reason, the present study aims to analyse the prevalence of RD in a sample of 1,408 Spanish-speaking school children by comparing different ways of calculating the prevalence rate. The results reflect a prevalence of 2.2-5.3\%, consistent with data reported for predominantly transparent orthographies. Some of the procedures used to identify RD are more accurate in early school years than at more advanced moments of schooling. Furthermore, the consideration of students' sex when calculating the prevalence of RD seems to represent a more sensitive way of identifying students with RD.},
  language  = {es}
}
@article{PliatsikasVerissimoBabcocketal.2019,
  author    = {Pliatsikas, Christos and Verissimo, Joao Marques and Babcock, Laura and Pullman, Mariel Y. and Glei, Dana A. and Weinstein, Maxine and Goldman, Noreen and Ullman, Michael T.},
  title     = {Working memory in older adults declines with age, but is modulated by sex and education},
  series = {The quarterly journal of experimental psychology},
  volume    = {72},
  journal   = {The quarterly journal of experimental psychology},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {1747-0218},
  doi       = {10.1177/1747021818791994},
  pages     = {1308 -- 1327},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Working memory (WM), which underlies the temporary storage and manipulation of information, is critical for multiple aspects of cognition and everyday life. Nevertheless, research examining WM specifically in older adults remains limited, despite the global rapid increase in human life expectancy. We examined WM in a large sample (N=754) of healthy older adults (aged 58-89) in a non-Western population (Chinese speakers) in Taiwan, on a digit n-back task. We tested not only the influence of age itself and of load (1-back vs. 2-back) but also the effects of both sex and education, which have been shown to modulate WM abilities. Mixed-effects regression revealed that, within older adulthood, age negatively impacted WM abilities (with linear, not nonlinear, effects), as did load (worse performance at 2-back). In contrast, education level was positively associated with WM. Moreover, both age and education interacted with sex. With increasing age, males showed a steeper WM decline than females; with increasing education, females showed greater WM gains than males. Together with other findings, the evidence suggests that age, sex, and education all impact WM in older adults, but interact in particular ways. The results have both basic research and translational implications and are consistent with particular benefits from increased education for women.},
  language  = {en}
}