Brain development, gender and IQ in children. A volumetric imaging study

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1763-1774

  Reiss, Allan L ^a,b   Abrams, Michael T ^a   Singer, Harvey S ^b   Ross, Judith L ^c   Denckla, Martha B ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Childhood; Development; Gender; IQ; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029905766     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.5.1763     Document Type: Article

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