Performance Differences between Adult Heterosexual and Homosexual Men on the Digit-Symbol Substitution Subtest of the WAIS-R

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-148

  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; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 1642421745     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.26.1.141.23934     Document Type: Article

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