Sex differences on the hand mental rotation task for 9-yr.-old children and young adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 969-972

  Karádi, Kázmér ^a   Szabó, Imre ^b   Szepesi, Tímea ^b   Kállai, János ^b   Kov́cs, Beatrix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033252879     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.3.969     Document Type: Article

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