Girls in detail, boys in shape: Gender differences when drawing cubes in depth

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-437

  Lange Kuttner C ^a,b   Ebersbach, M ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880375975     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12010     Document Type: Article

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