Sex differences on an adaptation of the digit symbol subtest of the Wechsler intelligence scale for children-III

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 843-847

  Kelly, T P ^a   Britton, P G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0030330868     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.83.3.843     Document Type: Article

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