Sex differences in general knowledge in German and Northern Irish university students

Sexualities, Evolution and Gender

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-285

  Lynn, Richard ^a   Wilberg Neidhardt, Sylwia ^b   Margraf Stiksrud, Jutta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

General knowledge; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FINANCE; GAME; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 33746134394     PISSN: 14792508     EISSN: 14792516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616660500477755     Document Type: Article

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