No sex differences in spatial location memory for abstract designs

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-19

  Rahman, Qazi ^a   Bakare, Monsurat ^a   Serinsu, Ceydan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex designs; Hippocampus; Object location memory; Recognition; Sex differences; Spatial memory; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; OBJECT RELATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955085585     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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