Sexual-orientation-related differences in verbal fluency

Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-246

  Rahman, Qazi ^a   Abrahams, Sharon ^a   Wilson, Glenn D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LESBIAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0038012780     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.17.2.240     Document Type: Article

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