Gender differences in the mental rotations test are partly explained by response format

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-109

  Glück, Judith ^a   Fabrizii, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender differences; Mental rotation; Mental Rotation Test; Response format; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953689953     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000019     Document Type: Article

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