Empathy, schizotypy, and visuospatial transformations

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 477-500

  Thakkar, Katharine N ^a   Park, Sohee ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Gender differences; Mental rotation; Perspective taking; Schizotypy; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF-ASSESSMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956040416     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546801003711350     Document Type: Article

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