Pregnancy may confer a selective cognitive advantage

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-25

  Christensen, Helen ^a   Poyser, C ^a   Pollitt, P ^a   Cubis, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RECALL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033003012     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646839908404581     Document Type: Article

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