Correlation Between Menstrual Cycle and Cognitive Performance in a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-111

  Inoue, Sana ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); Cognitive performance; LH surge; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79952093548     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020870     Document Type: Article

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