Dynamic spatial performance: Sex and educational differences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-126

  Contreras, María José ^a   Colom, Roberte ^a   Shih, Pei C ^a   Álava, María Jesús ^a   Santacreu, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic spatial ability; Educational differences; Sex differences; Spatial orientation; Spatial visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035808722     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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