Cognitive functions in sexual orientation

In Mexico there are few sexual orientation evidences related to cognition, therefore the aim of the study was to describe and compare the cognitive performance of attention, memory and executive functions in different sexual orientations. Total sample were seventy-three people divided (age=20.7 +/- 2.4) in five groups: heterosexual Men (M), heterosexual Women (W), Homosexual Men (HM), Homosexual Women (HW) and Bisexual Women (BW). Participants were individually assessed with the NEUROPSI Attention and Memory. The results (p<.05) showed differences in subtests: motor functions in the change of the right hand, congruent reading Stroop, encoding memory subtests: verbal memory resence, figure of Rey-Osterreith; retrieval logical Memory. These findings indicate that the retrieval of episodic event information (without an autobiographical link) and visuospatial coding information have an influence of sex and sexual orientation in this sample. Finally, attentional processes, memory and executive functions in people with different sexual orientation are normal.