Hormones and dichotic listening: Evidence from the study of menstrual cycle effects

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-262

  Cowell, Patricia E ^a   Ledger, William L ^a   Wadnerkar, Meghana B ^b   Skilling, Fiona M ^a   Whiteside, Sandra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Ovarian hormones; Ovulation; Perceptual asymmetry; Right ear advantage; Sex differences; Speech lateralisation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 79955949196     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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