A Large-Scale Investigation of Lateralization in Cortical Anatomy and Word Reading: Are There Sex Differences?

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-222

  Chiarello, Christine ^a   Welcome, Suzanne E ^a   Halderman, Laura K ^a   Towler, Stephen ^b   Julagay, Janelle ^a   Otto, Ronald ^c   Leonard, Christiana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Computerized Diagnostic Imaging Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral asymmetry; neuroanatomical asymmetry; planum temporale; sex differences; word reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; READING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749159788     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014265     Document Type: Article

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