Sex difference in geographical knowledge: Driving experience is not essential

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 804-810

  Beatty, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote memory; Sex differences; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036742272     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617702860088     Document Type: Article

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