Cognitive gender differences in very young children parallel biologically based cognitive gender differences in monkeys

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 673-684

  Overman, W H ^a   Bachevalier, J ^b,c   Schuhmann, E ^a   Ryan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical School   (United States)

^c University of Texas Houston McGovern Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MONKEY; NEUROANATOMY; ONTOGENY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029828226     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.4.673     Document Type: Article

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