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Voyer, D. (2020, in press). Look to the future but remember the past: A commentary on Ocklenburg et al. (2020). Laterality. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2020.1866595
Voyer, D., Saint-Aubin, J., Altman, K., & Gallant, G. (2020, in press). Sex differences in verbal working memory: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin. doi:10.1037/bul0000320.
Voyer, D., Saint-Aubin, J., Altman, K., & Doyle, R. (2020). Sex Differences in tests of mental rotation: Direct manipulation of strategies with eye-tracking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 46, 871-889. doi: /10.1037/xhp0000752.
Bidlake, L., Aubanel, E., & Voyer, D. (2020). Systematic literature review of empirical studies on mental representations of programs. Journal of Systems and Software, 165, 110565. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.110565
Voyer, D. & MacPherson, B. R. (2020). Sex differences in curve tracing. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, 330-345. doi: 10.1037/cep0000205
Nazareth, A., Huang, X., Voyer, D., & Newcombe, N. S. (2019). A Meta-analysis of Sex Differences in Human Navigation Skills. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 26, 1503–1528. doi: 10.3758/s13423-019-01633-6
McFeaters, C., & Voyer, D. (2019). Repetition and Subjective Duration: Context-Based Expectations Alter Perception. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(4), 231–241. doi: 10.1037/cep0000181
Voyer, D., & Hearn, N. (2019). Auditory Semantic Priming and the Dichotic Right Ear Advantage. Brain and Cognition, 135, 103575. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2019.05.013
Voyer, D., & Voyer, S. D. (2019). Implications for School Achievement and Causality: A Commentary. Social Science & Medicine, 232, 33-35. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.026
Voyer, D., & Myles, D. (2018). Unimodal Affective Priming in Dichotic Listening. Laterality,23, 517-537. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2017.1404095
Doyle, R. A., & Voyer, D. (2018). Photographs of real human figures: Item types and persistent sex differences in mental rotation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology,71, 2411-2420. doi: 10.1177/1747021817742079
Voyer, D., Jansen, P., & Kaltner, S. (2017). Mental Rotation with Egocentric and Object-Based Transformations. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70, 2319-2330. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1233571
Huang, X., & Voyer, D. (2017). Timing and sex effects on a spatial orientation test. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 17, 251-272. doi: 10.1080/13875868.2017.1319836
Voyer, D., & Jansen, P. (2017). Motor Expertise and Performance in Spatial Tasks: A Meta-Analysis. Human Movement Science, 54, 110-124. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2017.04.004
Voyer, D., Voyer, S. D., & Saint-Aubin, J. (2017). Sex Differences in Spatial Working Memory: A Meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 24, 307-334. doi: 10.3758/s13423-016-1085-7
Doyle, R. A., Voyer, D. & Lesmana, M. (2016). Item Type, Occlusion, and Gender Differences in Mental Rotation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69, 1530-1544. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1086807
Doyle, R. A., & Voyer, D. (2016). Stereotype manipulation effects on math and spatial test performance: A meta-analysis. Learning and Individual Differences, 43, 103-116. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2015.12.018
Voyer, D. & Vu, J. P. (2016). Using sarcasm to compliment: Context, intonation, and the perception of statements with a negative literal meaning. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 45, 615-634. doi: 10.1007/s10936-015-9363-5
Voyer, D., & Jansen, P. (2015-in press). Sex Differences in Chronometric Mental Rotation with Human Bodies. Psychological Research. doi: 10.1007/s00426-015-0701-x
Harding, J., & Voyer, D. (2015-in press). Laterality Effects in Cross-Modal Affective Priming. Laterality. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2015.1079214
Voyer, D., Thibodeau, S.-H., & Delong, B. J. (2015-in press). Context, Contrast, and Tone of Voice in Auditory Sarcasm Perception. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 45, 29-53.. doi: 10.1007/s10936-014-9323-5
Voyer, S. D., & Voyer, D. (2015). Laterality, spatial abilities, and accident proneness. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 37, 27-36. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2014.985191
Voyer, D., & Reuangrith, E. (2015). Perceptual asymmetries in a time estimation task with emotional sounds. Laterality,20, 211-231. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2014.953956.
Gibson, L., Atchley, R. A., Voyer, D., Diener, U. S., & Gregersen, S. (2015-in press). Detection of sarcastic speech: The role of the right hemisphere in ambiguity resolution. Laterality. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2015.1105246
Bruder, G. E, Alvarenga, J., Abraham, K., Skipper, J., Warner, V., Voyer, D., Peterson B. S., & Weissman, M. M. (2015-in press). Brain laterality, depression and anxiety disorders: New findings for emotional and verbal dichotic listening in individuals at risk for depression. Laterality. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2015.1105247
Voyer, D. Saint-Aubin, J., & Cook, C. (2014). Strategies and Pseudoneglect on Luminance Judgments: An Eye-Tracking Investigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40, 1789-1798. doi: 10.1037/a0037790
Voyer, D., & Voyer, S. D. (2014). Gender differences in scholastic achievement: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 140, 1174-1204. doi: 10.1037/a0036620
Thompson, A. E., & Voyer, D. (2014). Sex differences in the ability to recognize nonverbal displays of emotion: A meta-analysis. Cognition & Emotion. doi:10.1080/02699931.2013.875889
Techentin, C. L., Voyer, D., & Voyer, S. D. (2014). Spatial Abilities and Aging: A Meta-analysis. Experimental Aging Research, 40, 395-425. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2014.926773
Voyer, D., Dempsey, D., & Harding, J. A. (2014). Response procedure, memory, and dichotic emotion recognition. Brain and Cognition, 85, 180-190. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.12.007
Iwanowska, K., & Voyer, D. (2013). Dimensional transformation in tests of spatial and environmental cognition. Memory & Cognition, 41, 1122-1131. doi: 10.3758/s13421-013-0314-9
Fallow, K. M., & Voyer, D. (2013). Degree of handedness, emotion, and the perceived duration of auditory stimuli. Laterality, 18, 671-692. doi:10.1080/1357650X.2012.742533
Doyle, R. A., & Voyer, D. (2013). Bodies and Occlusion: Item Types, Cognitive Strategies, and Gender Differences in Mental Rotation. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 66, 801-815. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2012.719529
Saint-Aubin, J. Voyer, D., & Roy, M. (2012). Sex Differences in the Missing-Letter Effect: A Question of Reading or Visual-Spatial Skills? Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 664-672. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2012.07.007
Voyer, D., Voyer, S. D., & Tramonte, L. (2012). Free-viewing Laterality Tasks: A Multilevel Meta-analysis. Neuropsychology, 26,551-567. doi:10.1037/a0028631
Voyer, D., & Doyle, R. A. (2012) Response format, magnitude of laterality effects and sex differences in laterality. Laterality, 17, 259-274. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2011.568487
Grondin, S., Voyer, D., & Bisson, N. (2011). Perceptual asymmetries in the discrimination of brief time intervals marked by auditory signals. Laterality, 16, 513-527. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2010.485353
Woodland, J., & Voyer, D. (2011). Context and intonation in the perception of sarcasm. Metaphor and Symbol, 26, 227-239. doi: 10.1080/10926488.2011.583197
Voyer, D. (2011). Sex differences in dichotic listening. Brain and Cognition, 76, 245-255. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.02.001
Techentin, C., & Voyer, D. (2011). Word frequency, familiarity, and laterality effects in a dichotic listening task. Laterality, 16, 313-332. doi: 10.1080/13576501003623349
Voyer, D., & Voyer, S. D. (2011). Perceptual asymmetries and stimulus dominance in dichotic listening with natural fricatives. Journal of Phonetics, 39, 246-252. doi: 10.1016/j.wocn.2011.02.003
Voyer, D. (2011). Time limits and gender differences on paper-and-pencil tests of mental rotation: A meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 18, 267-277. doi: 10.3758/s13423-010-0042-0
Voyer, D., & Doyle, R. (2010). Item type and gender differences on the mental rotations test. Learning and Individual Differences, 20, 469-472. doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.010
Voyer, D., & Techentin, C. (2010). Subjective Acoustic Features of Sarcasm. Metaphor and Symbol, 25, 227-242. doi: 10.1080/10926488.2010.510927
Cherney, I., & Voyer, D. (2010). Development of a spatial activity questionnaire I: Items identification. Sex Roles, 62, 89-99. doi: 10.1007/s11199-009-9710-9
Voyer, D., & Techentin, C. (2009). Dichotic listening with consonant-vowel pairs: The role of voice onset time and place of articulation. Journal of Phonetics, 37, 162-172. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2008.12.001
Techentin, C., Voyer, D., & Klein, R. (2009). Between- and within-ear congruency and laterality effects in an auditory word/emotion conflict task. Brain and Cognition, 70, 201-208. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2009.02.003
Voyer, D., Bowes, A., & Soraggi, M. (2009). Response procedure and perceptual asymmetries in emotion recognition: Implications for models of dichotic listening. Neuropsychologia, 47, 23-29. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.08.022
Voyer, D., Bowes, A., & Techentin, C. (2008). On the perception of sarcasm in dichotic listening. Neuropsychology, 22, 390-399.
doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.22.3.390
Butler, T., Pan, H., Imperato-McGinley, J., Voyer, D., Cunningham-Bussell, A. C., Cordero, J. J., Zhu, Y. S., Stern, E., & Silbersweig, D. (2007). A network approach to fMRI condition-dependent cognitive activation studies as applied to understanding sex differences. Clinical Neuroscience Research, 6, 391-398. doi:10.1016/j.cnr.2007.05.005
Butler, T., Imperato-McGinley, J., Pan, H., Voyer, D., Cunningham-Bussel, A., Chang, L., & ... Silbersweig, D. (2007). Sex specificity of ventral anterior cingulate cortex suppression during a cognitive task. Human Brain Mapping, 28(11), 1206-1212. doi:10.1002/hbm.20340
Techentin, C., & Voyer, D.(2007). Congruency, attentional set, and laterality effects with emotional words. Neuropsychology, 21,646-655.
doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.5.646
Voyer, D., & Boles, D. B. (2007). Fixation and attention control in lateralized target detection and free recall with words. Laterality, 12, 428-448. doi:10.1080/13576500701479970
Cooke-Simpson, A., & Voyer, D. (2007). Confidence and gender differences on the mental rotations test. Learning and Individual Differences, 17, 181-186. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.03.009
Voyer, D., Postma, A., Brake, B., & Imperato-McGinley, J. (2007). Gender differences in object location memory: A meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14, 23-38. doi: 10.3758/BF03194024
Butler, T., Imperato-McGinley, J., Pan, H., Voyer, D., Cordero, J., Zhu, Y. S., Stern, E., & Silbersweig, D. (2006). Sex differences during mental rotation: Top down versus bottom up processing. NeuroImage, 32, 445-456. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.03.030
Voyer, D., Kinch, S., & Wright, E. F. (2006). The home disadvantage: Examination of the self-image redefinition hypothesis. Journal of Sport Behavior, 29, 270-279.
Voyer, D., Soraggi, M., Brake, B., & Wood, H.-D. (2006). Simultaneous masking in a dichotic emotion detection task. Brain and Cognition, 62, 68-73. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2006.03.009
Voyer, D., Butler, T., Cordero, J., Brake, B., Silbersweig, D., Stern, E., & Imperato-McGinley, J. (2006). The relation between computerized and paper-and-pencil mental rotation tasks: A validation study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 28, 928-939. doi:10.1080/13803390591004310
Voyer, D. & Hou, J. (2006). Type of items and the magnitude of gender differences on the Mental Rotations Test. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 91-100. doi: 10.1037/cjep2006010
Voyer, D. & Ingram, J. D. (2005). Attention, reliability, and validity of perceptual asymmetries in the Fused Dichotic Words Test. Laterality, 10, 545-561. doi:10.1080/13576500442000292
Techentin, C. & Voyer, D. (2005). Material type and attention control in dichotic listening. Laterality, 10, 441-455. doi:10.1080/13576500442000201
Voyer, D., Szeligo, F. & Russell, N. L. (2005). Dichotic target detection with words: A modified procedure. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 27, 400-411. doi: 10.1080/13803390490520364
Voyer, D. (2005). Reliability of non-verbal laterality effects in the visual modality. Laterality, 10, 37-50. doi:10.1080/13576500342000284
Voyer, D. & Saunders, K. A. (2004). Examination of possible outcomes on the Mental Rotations Test: A factor analysis. Acta Psychologica, 117, 79-94. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2004.05.003
Voyer, D. (2004). Reliability and magnitude of laterality effects in dichotic listening with exogenous cueing. Brain and Cognition, 55, 495-496. (Brief report). doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2004.02.070
Voyer, D., Rodgers, M. A., & McCormick, P. A. (2004). Timing conditions and magnitude of gender differences on the Mental Rotations Test. Memory and Cognition, 32, 72-82. doi:10.3758/BF03195821
Russell, N. L. & Voyer, D. (2004). Reliability of laterality effects in a dichotic listening task with words and syllables. Brain and Cognition, 54, 266-267. (Brief report). doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2004.02.054
Voyer, D. (2003). Word frequency and laterality effects in lexical decision: Right hemisphere mechanisms. Brain and Language, 87, 421-431. doi:10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00143-3
Voyer, D. & Boudreau, V. G. (2003). Cross-modal correlation of auditory and visual language laterality tasks: A serendipitous finding. Brain and Cognition, 53, 393-397. doi:10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00152-0
Voyer, D. (2003). Reliability and magnitude of perceptual asymmetries in a dichotic word recognition task. Neuropsychology, 17, 393-401. doi:10.1037/0894-4105.17.3.393
Voyer, D. & Sullivan, A. M. (2003). The relation between spatial and mathematical abilities: Potential factors underlying suppression. International Journal of Psychology, 38, 11-23. doi:10.1080/00207590244000241
Voyer, D. (2003). Reliability and magnitude of visual laterality effects: Further examination of the endogenous cueing procedure. Laterality, 8, 25-37. doi:10.1080/713754472
Voyer, D., Russell, A., & McKenna, J. (2002). On the reliability of laterality effects in a dichotic emotion recognition task. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 24, 605-614. doi:10.1076/jcen.24.5.605.1007
Voyer, D. & Rodgers, M. A. (2002). Reliability of laterality effects in a dichotic listening task with non-verbal material. Brain and Cognition, 48, 602-606. doi:10.1006/brcg.2001.1423
Voyer, D. (2001). Reliability and magnitude of visual laterality effects: The influence of attention. Laterality, 6, 315-336. doi:10.1080/13576500143000014
Voyer, D. & Flight, J. (2001). Reliability and magnitude of auditory laterality effects: The influence of attention. Brain and Cognition, 46, 397-413. doi:10.1006/brcg.2001.1298
Voyer, D. & Flight, J. (2001). Gender differences in laterality on a dichotic task: The influence of report strategies. Cortex, 37, 345-362.
doi:10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70578-1
Voyer, D., Nolan, C., & Voyer, S. (2000). The relation between experience and spatial performance in men and women. Sex Roles, 43, 891-915. doi:10.1023/A:1011041006679
Voyer, D. & Flight, J. (2000). Reliability of a dichotic consonant-vowel pairs task using an ABX procedure. Brain and Cognition, 43, 417-421. doi:10.1006/brcg.1999.1136
Voyer, D. & Wright, E. F. (1998). Predictors of performance in the National Hockey League. Journal of Sport Behavior, 21, 456-473.
Voyer, D.(1998). Mathematics, gender, spatial performance, and cerebral organization: A suppression effect in talented students. Roeper Review, 20, 251-258. (Invited article). doi:10.1080/02783199809553902
Voyer, D. (1998). On the reliability and validity of non-invasive laterality measures. Brain and Cognition, 36, 209-236. doi:10.1006/brcg.1997.0953
Voyer, D. (1997) Scoring procedure, performance factors, and magnitude of sex differences in spatial performance. American Journal of Psychology, 110, 259-276. doi:10.2307/1423717
Voyer, D. (1996). The relation between mathematical achievement and gender differences in spatial abilities: A suppression effect. Journal of Educational Psychology, 88, 563-571. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.88.3.563
Voyer, D. (1996). On the magnitude of laterality effects and sex differences in functional lateralities. Laterality, 1, 51-83. doi: 10.1080/135765096397874
Voyer, D., McGlone, J., & Savoie, J. (1996).Non-invasive predictors of laterality in speech production and comprehension. Brain and Cognition, 32, 125-128. doi:10.1006/brcg.1996.0064
Voyer, D. (1996). Relation between spatial performance and laterality on an embedded figures task. Brain and Cognition, 30, 358-361.
Voyer, D. (1995). Effect of practice on laterality in a mental rotation task. Brain and Cognition, 29, 326-335. doi:10.1006/brcg.1995.1285
Voyer, D., Voyer, S., & Bryden, M.P. (1995). Magnitude of sex differences in spatial abilities: A meta-analysis and consideration of critical variables. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 250-270. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.117.2.250
Wright, E. F., Voyer, D, Wright, R. D., & Roney, C. (1995). Supporting audiences and performance under pressure: The home-ice disadvantage in hockey championships. Journal of Sport Behavior, 18, 21-28.
Voyer, D. (1994). Anomalous dominance, sex and laterality. Brain and Cognition, 26, 211-216. doi: 10.1006/brcg.1994.1054
Voyer, D. & Bryden, M.P. (1993). Masking and visual field effects on a lateralized rod-and-frame test Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 47, 26-37.
Imperato-McGinley, J., Pichardo, M., Gautier, T., Voyer, D., & Bryden, M.P. (1991). Cognitive abilities in androgen insensitive subjects - Comparison with control males and females from the same kindred. Clinical Endocrinology, 34, 341-347. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1991.tb00303.x
Voyer, D. & Bryden, M.P. (1990). Gender, level of spatial ability, and lateralization of mental rotation. Brain and Cognition, 13, 18-29.
doi:10.1016/0278-2626(90)90037-O