Mental rotation performance in primary school age children: Are there gender differences in chronometric tests?

Cognitive Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-62

  Jansen, P ^a   Schmelter, A ^a   Quaiser Pohl, C ^b   Neuburger, S ^b   Heil, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Mental rotation; Pre adolescence; Stimulus type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871423781     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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