Selective and persistent effect of foetal sex on cognition in pregnant women

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 779-782

  Vanston, Claire M ^a   Watson, Neil V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Gestation; Human sex differences; Pregnancy; Spatial ability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

FETAL DERIVED FACTOR; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER IDENTITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 20044368487     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200505120-00024     Document Type: Article

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