An fMRI study of sex differences in brain activation during object naming

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 610-618

  Garn, Cheryl L ^a   Allen, Mark D ^a   Larsen, James D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Gender differences; Object naming; Picture naming; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 62349116488     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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