Developmental Instability Is Associated with Neurocognitive Performance in Heterosexual and Homosexual Men, but Not in Women

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 243-247

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPOSITE FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINGER; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; VELOCITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1242291852     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.1.243     Document Type: Article

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