Navigation in a "Virtual" Maze: Sex Differences and Correlation With Psychometric Measures of Spatial Ability in Humans

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-87

  Moffat, Scott D ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Hatzipantelis, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egocentric; Human; Maze learning; Navigation; Route finding; Sex differences; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001929730     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(97)00104-9     Document Type: Article

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