Do Women Really Excel over Men in Manual Dexterity?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1107-1112

  Peters, Michael ^a   Campagnaro, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 0030489630     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.5.1107     Document Type: Article

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