Sexing the brain: The science and pseudoscience of sex differences

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experience; Genes; Interactive processes; Sex hormones; Social change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEREDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENETIC DETERMINISM; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79960646485     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70051-6     Document Type: Article

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