Language lateralization and cognitive control across the menstrual cycle assessed with a dichotic-listening paradigm

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1866-1875

  Hjelmervik, Helene ^a   Westerhausen, René ^a   Osnes, Berge ^a   Endresen, Cecilie Byholt ^a   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a,b   Hausmann, Markus ^c   Specht, Karsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Dichotic listening; Estradiol; Follicular phase; Gonadal hormones; Language; Lateralization; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866314690     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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