Menstrual cycle, arousal-induction, and intelligence test performance

Psychological Reports

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-58

  Kumari, Veena ^a,b   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; APTITUDE; AROUSAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030074390     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.1.51     Document Type: Article

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