Sex differences in right hemisphere tasks

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 377-389

  Crucian, Gregory P ^a   Berenbaum, Sheri A ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031813022     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1998.0999     Document Type: Article

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