Sex differences in remembering the locations of objects in an array: Location-shifts versus location-exchanges

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-163

  James, Thomas W ^a   Kimura, Doreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Memory; Sex differences; Spatial

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031139020     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(97)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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