Sex differences in landmark learning by children aged 5 to 12 years

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 329-338

  Kersker, Jennifer L ^a   Epley, Melissa L ^a   Wilson, Josephine F ^a  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0042845801     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.1.329     Document Type: Article

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