Males outperform females in translating social relations into spatial positions

Cognition

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-340

  Markovits, Henry ^a   Benenson, Joyce F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Sex differences; Social cognition; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049405978     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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