SEX-DIFFERENCES IN SPATIAL ABILITY AND ACTIVITY IN 2 VOLE SPECIES (MICROTUS-OCHROGASTER AND MICROTUS-PENNSYLVANICUS)

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GAULIN, SJC
FITZGERALD, RW
WARTELL, MS
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10.1037/0735-7036.104.1.88
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B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
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03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
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The hypothesis that sex differences in maze learning result from sex differences in activity was tested with prairie and meadow voles. The pattern of significant effects was very different for the errors and activity ANOVAS. In contrast, the pattern of effects was very similar for errors and errors/activity ANOVAS, which suggests that controls for activity do not remove differences in error production. Results fail to support the activity hypothesis. -from Authors
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