Differences in the relationship of menstrual cycle phase to spatial performance on two- and three-dimensional tasks

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-175

  Phillips, Krista ^a   Silverman, Irwin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Menstrual cycle; Sex differences; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031425464     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1418     Document Type: Article

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