Sex Differences in the Processing of Global vs. Local Stimulus Aspects in a Two-Digit Number Comparison Task - An fMRI Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pletzer, Belinda ^a,b   Kronbichler, Martin ^a,c   Nuerk, Hans Christoph ^d   Kerschbaum, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC DECOUPLING; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROIMAGING; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872374921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053824     Document Type: Article

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