A preliminary study of sex differences in brain activation during a spatial navigation task in healthy adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 461-480

  Sneider, Jennifer Tropp ^a   Sava, Simona ^b   Rogowska, Jadwiga ^a   Yurgelun Todd, Deborah A ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80855164519     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/04.22.24.27.PMS.113.5.461-480     Document Type: Article

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