Interhemispheric transfer time differences related to aging and gender

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 627-636

  Jeeves, M A ^a   Moes, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Callosal structure; Interhemispheric transfer times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029883261     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00157-3     Document Type: Article

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