Are there gender differences in verbal and visuospatial working-memory resources?

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-397

  Robert, Michèle ^a   Savoie, Nada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33646361360     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440500234104     Document Type: Article

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