Higher free testosterone level is associated with faster visual processing and more flanker interference in older men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 546-554

  Van Strien, Jan W ^a   Weber, Rob F A ^b   Burdorf, Alex ^b   Bangma, Chris ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Backward masking; Cognition; Flanker task; Free testosterone; Inhibitory control; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGING; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62549116155     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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