Asymmetric effects of ovarian hormones on hemispheric activity: Evidence from dichotic and tachistoscopic tests

Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 578-587

  Mead, Larissa A ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHISTOSCOPY;

EID: 0029855762     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.10.4.578     Document Type: Article

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