Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of sex differences in a mental rotation task

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1186-1196

  Thomsen, T ^a   Hugdahl, K ^a   Ersland, L ^a   Barndon, R ^a   Lundervold, A ^a   Smievol, A I ^a   Roscher, B E ^a   Sundberg, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; ROTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034536027     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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