The relationship between testosterone and route-learning strategies in humans

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-120

  Choi, Jean ^a   Silverman, Irwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Route learning strategies; Sex differences; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036420138     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(02)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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