Sex of player and practice in lateral discrimination and videogame performance 1

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue PART 3 SPEC. ISS., 1998, Pages 1395-1404

  Tkacz, Sharon ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0032240504     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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