Intelligence and brain size in 100 postmortem brains: Sex, lateralization and age factors

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 386-398

  Witelson, S F ^a   Beresh, H ^a   Kigar, D L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Functional asymmetry; Sex difference; Verbal; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CADAVER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 31544479568     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh696     Document Type: Article

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