Gender differences in visuo-spatial processing: The importance of distinguishing between passive storage and active manipulation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Vecchi, Tomaso ^b   Girelli, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender differences; Visuo spatial processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032084218     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-6918(97)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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