Use of landmarks in cognitive mapping: Gender differences in self report versus performance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 595-601

  O'Laughlin, Elizabeth M ^a   Brubaker, Bradley S ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive mapping; Gender differences; Route learning; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032060416     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00237-7     Document Type: Article

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