The mysteries of the diagonal: Gender-related perceptual asymmetries

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1405-1417

  Avrahami, Judith ^a   Argaman, Taly ^a   Weiss Chasum, Dvora ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAINTING; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAINTINGS; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17944379757     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195007     Document Type: Article

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