Suitable stimuli to obtain (no) gender differences in the speed of cognitive processes involved in mental rotation

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-227

  Jansen Osmann, Petra ^a   Heil, Martin ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Maintaining readiness; Mental rotation; Perceptual comparison; Spatial cognition; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMBOLISM; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34347241328     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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