Sex differences in mental rotation and cortical activation patterns: Can training change them?

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-162

  Jaušovec, Norbert ^a   Jaušovec, Ksenija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

ERD ERS; Frontoparietal network; Intelligence; Mental rotation; NIRS; Origami

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858081419     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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