Free Testosterone Levels, Attentional Control, and Processing Speed Performance in Aging Men

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-167

  Martin, Donel M ^a   Burns, Nicholas R ^b   Wittert, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ex Gaussian analysis; males; processing speed; reaction times; testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 62549143504     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014182     Document Type: Article

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