Sex-based differences in answering strategy and the influence of cross-sex hormones

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-270

  Paap, Muirne Caitlin Shonagh ^a,b   Haraldsen, Ira Ronit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; Gender identity; Guessing; Mathematical ability; Risk taking; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APTITUDE; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73649128840     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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