HIV+ men and women show different performance patterns on procedural learning tasks

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Martin, Eileen ^a,b   Gonzalez, Raul ^a,b   Vassileva, Jasmin ^a,b   Maki, Pauline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; HIV; Neurocognition; Procedural learning; Sex differences; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651265136     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2010.493150     Document Type: Article

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