Gender differences in remembering and inferring spatial distances

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 821-835

  Ruggiero, Gennaro ^a   Sergi, Ida ^a   Iachini, Tina ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age differences; Gender differences; Passive and active processes; Spatial inferential ability; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349098858     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802307695     Document Type: Article

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