Mean differences among subcomponents of Vandenberg's mental rotation test

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 323-332

  Qubeck IV, William J ^a,b  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031205488     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.1.323     Document Type: Article

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