The effects of age and sex on mental rotation performance, verbal performance, and brain electrical activity

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-407

  Roberts, Jonathan E ^a   Bell, Martha Ann ^b  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Mental rotation; Sex difference; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PARIETAL LOBE; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036072996     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10039     Document Type: Article

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