Curvelinear correlations between total testosterone levels and fluid intelligence in men and women

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 77-83

  Tan, Üner ^a   Tan, Meliha ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Intelligence; Men; Testosterone; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032124768     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459809000651     Document Type: Article

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