Gender differences in hemispheric organization during divergent thinking: An EEG investigation in human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-195

  Razumnikova, Olga M ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; Creativity; EEG mapping; Gender differences; Hemispheric interaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REST; SCALP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTROMETRY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 2442417321     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.066     Document Type: Article

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