Spatial ability and home-range size: Examining the relationship in western men and women (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-231

  Ecuyer Dab, Isabelle ^a,b   Robert, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3042628087     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.2.217     Document Type: Article

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