Identifying and explaining apparent universal sex differences in cognition and behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 552-561

  Ellis, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Androgens; Behavior; Cognition; ENA theory; Evolution; Neurology; Universal sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960392658     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.04.004     Document Type: Review

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