Sex differences in dynamic spatial ability: The unsolved question of performance factors

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-303

  Contreras, María José ^a   Rubio, Victor J ^b   Peña, Daniel ^b   Colom, Roberto ^b   Santacreu, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34250845499     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193450     Document Type: Article

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