Pubertal testosterone predicts mental rotation performance of young adult males

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1791-1800

  Vuoksimaa, Eero ^a,b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,c   Eriksson, C J Peter ^a   Rose, Richard J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental Rotation Test; Pubertal development; Sex difference; Spatial ability; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL ROTATION TEST; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PUBERTY; ROTATION; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866337973     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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