ERIC Number: EJ782928
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Publication Date: 2007
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Circadian Typology and Style of Thinking Differences
Fabbri, Marco; Antonietti, Alessandro; Giorgetti, Marisa; Tonetti, Lorenzo; Natale, Vincenzo
Learning and Individual Differences, v17 n2 p175-180 2007
The purpose of the present study aims to investigate the relationship between circadian typology and learning-thinking styles conceptualised as a preference toward information processing typical of the right vs. the left cerebral hemisphere. A sample of 1254 undergraduates (380 boys and 874 girls; mean age=21.86+/-2.37,) was administered the reduced version of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (r-MEQ), which detects three chronotypes (morning-, intermediate- or evening-types), and the Style Of Learning And Thinking (SOLAT) questionnaire, conceived as a tool to measure the tendency toward the right-, integrated-, and left thinking. A two-way ANOVA on SOLAT scores with circadian typology and gender, as between-subjects factor, and age as covariant, showed that morning-types scored higher in the left-thinking scale than intermediate- and evening-types, and that evening-types obtained significant higher scores for right-thinking style than intermediate- and morning-types. This circadian typology effect was also confirmed by multiple regression.
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Classification, Information Processing, Cognitive Style, Neurological Organization, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Thinking Skills
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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