Sex differences in language processing: Functional MRI methodological considerations

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1221-1228

  Harrington, Greg S ^a,c   Farias, Sarah Tomaszewski ^b  

^a Central Texas Veterans Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gender; Language; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INSULA; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44449175597     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21374     Document Type: Article

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