Functional MRI evidence for disparate developmental processes underlying intelligence in boys and girls

NeuroImage

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1366-1379

  Schmithorst, Vincent J ^a   Holland, Scott K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; OXYGEN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33744901435     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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