Men are more accurate than women in aiming at targets in both near space and extrapersonal space

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-12

  Tottenham, Laurie Sykes ^a   Saucier, Deborah M ^a   Elias, Lorin J ^a   Gutwin, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 28044449565     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.101.1.3-12     Document Type: Review

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