Sex-related differences in time estimation: The role of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-312

  Rammsayer, Thomas H ^a   Rammstedt, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big five; Impulsivity; Method of reproduction; Sex differences; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034239486     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00194-4     Document Type: Article

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