Timing conditions and the magnitude of gender differences on the Mental Rotations Test

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-82

  Voyer, Daniel ^a   Rodgers, Marguerite A ^b   McCormick, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1642297747     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195821     Document Type: Article

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