Eliminating Gender Differences Through Practice in an applied visual spatial task

Human Performance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-349

  Kass, Steven J ^a,c   Ahlers, Robert H ^a   Dugger, Melissa ^b  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 3042976389     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup1104_3     Document Type: Article

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