Spatial relational learning and memory abilities do not differ between men and women in a real-world, open-field environment

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-137

  Banta Lavenex, Pamela ^a   Lavenex, Pierre ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Declarative; Gender; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70649096087     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.09.046     Document Type: Article

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