Morphology of the ventral frontal cortex: Relationship to femininity and social cognition

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 534-540

  Wood, Jessica L ^a,b   Heitmiller, Dwayne ^a,b   Andreasen, Nancy C ^a,b,c   Nopoulos, Peg ^a,b  

^a Mental Hlth Clin Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Gender differences; Neuroimaging; Sex characteristics; Social cognition; Straight gyrus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39349085729     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm079     Document Type: Article

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