Sex differences in spatial memory using serial and search tasks

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 257, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-99

  Shah, Darshna S ^a   Prados, Jose ^a   Gamble, Jasmin ^a   De Lillo, Carlo ^a   Gibson, Claire L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corsi block tapping task; Overshadowing; Sex; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORSI BLOCK TAPPING TEST; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CORSI BLOCK-TAPPING TASK; OVERSHADOWING; SEX; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885724811     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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