Sex differences in components of imagined perspective transformation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Gardner, Mark R ^a   Sorhus, Ingrid ^a   Edmonds, Caroline J ^b   Potts, Rosalind ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empathy; Mental rotation; Own body transformation; Perspective taking; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84858742650     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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