Mathematics, gender, spatial performance, and cerebral organization: A suppression effect in talented students

Roeper Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Voyer, Daniel ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85007825605     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783199809553902     Document Type: Article

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