Sports-Related and Gender Differences on Neuropsychological Measures of Frontal Lobe Functioning

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-24

  Ryan, Jeanne P ^a   Atkinson, Thomas M ^b   Dunham, Katherine T ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Perceptual motor speed; Sports; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0347986829     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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