Endogenous testosterone concentration, mental rotation, and size of the corpus callosum in a sample of young Hungarian women

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 445-453

  Karádi, Kázmér ^a   Kállai, János ^a   Kövër, Ferenc ^a   Nemes, Jänos ^a   Makäny, Tamäs ^a   Nagy, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33746653368     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.2.445-453     Document Type: Article

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