Gender-related differences in lateralization of hippocampal activation and cognitive strategy

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-421

  Frings, Lars ^a   Wagner, Kathrin ^a   Unterrainer, Josef ^b   Spreer, Joachim ^a   Halsband, Ulrike ^b   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategy; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gender; Hippocampus; Lateralization; Object location; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HISTOLOGY; MEMORY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646697129     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000203623.02082.e3     Document Type: Article

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