Diferencias en el desempeno en pruebas de software visual en función del género. Un estudio con jugadores y jugadoras de baloncesto de 13 anos

Abstract

The paper presents a study based on a sample of thirteen-year-old boys and girls from the Spanish Basketball Federations team of talented young players. The aim was to try and evaluate the influence of gender in reactions to visual software tests, measured in response times and an awareness of anticipatory action in one-to-one situations in basketball. The participants took part in two tests, using the Reflex programme and Pantallex system, which had been designed and developed by the authors of this study. The number of correct answers and mistakes were measured, together with the response time in milliseconds. The results show that the female players got a higher number of correct answers when their capacity for perceptual anticipation and awareness of anticipatory action was tested with the Reflex programme. Likewise, their response time was better in both tests, with significant differences between both groups in the number of correctanswers with the Reflex programme and in the three perceptual anticipation indexes (one for each test and a third mean index of both the latter).