A curvilinear relationship between testosterone and spatial cognition in humans: Possible influence of hand preference

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-337

  Moffat, Scott D ^a   Hampson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgens; Circadian; Handedness; Hormones; Human; Spatial cognition; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION;

EID: 0030131127     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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