Gender differences in brain activation on a mental rotation task

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 590-597

  Semrud Clikeman, Margaret ^a   Fine, Jodene Goldenring ^b   Bledsoe, Jesse ^c   Zhu, David C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d St John Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Gender; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866406895     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2012.693999     Document Type: Article

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