The neuroanatomy of general intelligence: Sex matters

NeuroImage

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 320-327

  Haier, Richard J ^a   Jung, Rex E ^b   Yeo, Ronald A ^c   Head, Kevin ^a   Alkire, Michael T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

General intelligence; Neuroanatomy; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 14244270101     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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