Gender differences in spatial task performance as a function of speed or accuracy orientation

Sex Roles

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 359-376

  Scali, Robyn M ^a   Brownlow, Sheila ^a   Hicks, Jennifer L ^a  

^a CATAWBA COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034259974     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026699310308     Document Type: Article

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