Gonadal hormones modulate sex differences in judgments of relative numerousness in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-83

  Ferkin, Michael H ^a   Pierce, Andrew A ^a   Sealand, Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Gonadal steroids; Judgments of relative quantity; Over marks; Relative numerousness; Testosterone; Voles

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; JUDGMENT; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58149107666     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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