Gender differences in performance on the stroop test

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-318

  Baroun, Khader ^a   Alansari, Bader ^a   Golden, Charles J ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color card; Gender performance; Interaction effect; Stroop interference; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646003555     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.3.309     Document Type: Article

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