Sex Differences in Directional Cue Use in a Virtual Landscape

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-283

  Chai, Xiaoqian J ^a   Jacobs, Lucia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cue use; hippocampus; sex differences; spatial navigation; virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249086213     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014722     Document Type: Article

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