Age, sex, and handedness differentially contribute to neurospatial function on the Memory Island and Novel-Image Novel-Location tests

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-522

  Piper, Brian J ^a   Acevedo, Summer F ^a   Edwards, Krystle R ^a,b   Curtiss, Alan B ^a   McGinnis, Gwendolyn J ^a,c   Raber, Jacob ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Female; Learning; Left handedness; Memory; Sinistrality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY ISLAND AND THE NOVEL IMAGE NOVEL LOCATION TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79955496672     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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