Gender and cultural performance differences on the stroop color and word test: A comparative study

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-246

  Alansari, Bader ^a   Baroun, Khader ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cross cultural performances; Differential interference; Gender differences; Stroop Color and Word Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442587374     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2004.32.3.233     Document Type: Article

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