Testosterone: Activation or organization of spatial cognition?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-140

  Falter, C M ^a   Arroyo, M ^a   Davis, G J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current testosterone levels; Prenatal steroids; Second to fourth digit ratio; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FINGER; GENDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

APTITUDE; BRAIN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33745949165     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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