Changes in scores on the mental rotations test during the menstrual cycle

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 955-961

  Moody, M Suzanne ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031156655     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3.955     Document Type: Article

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