Sex differences in mental rotation strategy

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 917-930

  Raabe, Sylvia ^a,b   Höger, Rainer ^a,c   Delius, Juan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b SÜD CHEMIE AG   (Germany)

^c Münchner Süd Chemie AG ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947158681     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.3.917-930     Document Type: Article

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