Sex differences for selective forms of spatial memory

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-34

  Postma, Albert ^a   Jager, Gerry ^b   Kessels, Roy P C ^a   Koppeschaar, Hans P F ^b   Van Honk, Jack ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution; Sex differences; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION;

EID: 0347635361     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00238-0     Document Type: Article

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