Do the sex differences play such an important role in explaining performance in spatial tasks?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 659-663

  Contreras, María José ^a   Martínez Molina, Agustín ^b   Santacreu, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Dynamic tasks; Mental Rotation; Sex differences; Spatial ability; Time Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856967204     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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