Training spatial skills in men and women

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-99

  Cherney, Isabelle D ^a   Bersted, Kyle ^a   Smetter, Joseph ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906682720     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/23.25.PMS.119c12z0     Document Type: Article

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