A characterization of performance by men and women in a virtual morris water task: A large and reliable sex difference

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Astur, Robert S ^a   Ortiz, Maria L ^a   Sutherland, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Morris water task; Place learning; Sex difference; Spatial ability; Spatial memory; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWIMMING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032102282     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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