Mental rotation, targeting ability and Baron-Cohen's Empathizing-Systemizing Theory of Sex Differences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 712-716

  Cook, Charles M ^a   Saucier, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empathizing; Mental rotation; Sex differences; Systemizing; Targeting; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955919138     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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