Sex differences in cerebral tissue volume and cognitive performance during adolescence

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 3 PART 1, 2002, Pages 743-757

  Yurgelun Todd, Deborah A ^a,b   Killgore, William D S ^a   Young, Ashley D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036984756     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3.743     Document Type: Article

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