Psychophysiological correlates in male to female transsexuals studied with a P300 investigation

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 555-561

  Papageorgiou, Charalabos ^a   Papageorgaki, P ^a   Tolis, G ^a   Rabavilas, A D ^a   Christodoulou, G N ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDUCATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ATTENTION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0037390265     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703007359     Document Type: Article

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