Sex differences in left/right confusion

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Jordan, Kirsten ^a   Wüstenberg, Torsten ^a   Jaspers Feyer, Fern ^b   Fellbrich, Anja ^a   Peters, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Left right confusion; Sex differences; Spatial; Virtual maze

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646129231     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70323-X     Document Type: Article

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