Relationships between spatial activities and scores on the mental rotation test as a function of sex

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 877-881

  Ginn, Sheryl R ^a   Pickens, Stefanie J ^a  

^a WINGATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 23744462392     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.100.3.877-881     Document Type: Review

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