The relationship of male testosterone to components of mental rotation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 782-790

  Hooven, Carole K ^a   Chabris, Christopher F ^b   Ellison, Peter T ^a   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercept; Mental rotation; Response time; Slope; Spatial ability; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1242270657     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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