Sex differences in verbal and visual-spatial tasks under different hemispheric visual-field presentation conditions

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 396-410

  Boyle, Gregory J ^a   Furedy, John J ^b   Neumann, David L ^c   Westbury, H Rae ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876442376     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.110.2.396-410     Document Type: Article

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