Sex differences in object recognition are modulated by object similarity

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 288-292

  Bettis, Tania ^a   Jacobs, Lucia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL J6; Evolution; Mouse; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84862272446     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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