Sex differences in second language comprehension

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-436

  Payne, Tabitha W ^a   Lynn, Richard ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Second language ability; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649630544     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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