Sex differences in episodic memory: Minimal influence of estradiol

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-238

  Yonker, Julie E ^a   Eriksson, Elias ^b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^a   Herlitz, Agneta ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Episodic memory; Estradiol; Sex differences; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037785184     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00074-5     Document Type: Article

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