Gender differences in cognitive functions;Geschlechtsunterschiede kognitiver leistungen - Populä rwissenschaftliche stereotypien oder evidenzbasierte studienergebnisse?

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 587-595

  Weiss, Elisabeth M ^a   Deisenhammer, E A ^a   Hinterhuber, H ^a   Marksteiner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 27544446588     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830296     Document Type: Review

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