Some evidence of a female advantage in object location memory using ecologically valid stimuli

Human Nature

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-163

  Neave, Nick ^a   Hamilton, Colin ^a   Hutton, Lee ^a   Tildesley, Nicola ^a   Pickering, Anne T ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Division of labor model; Gathering hypothesis; Location memory; Object memory; Sex differences; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944492150     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-005-1001-8     Document Type: Review

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