Hippocampal structure and human cognition: Key role of spatial processing and evidence supporting the efficiency hypothesis in females

Intelligence

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-140

  Colom, Roberto ^a,b   Stein, Jason L ^c   Rajagopalan, Priya ^c   Martínez, Kenia ^a,b   Hermel, David ^c   Wang, Yalin ^c   Álvarez Linera, Juan ^d   Burgaleta, Miguel ^a,b   Quiroga, Ma Ángeles ^e   Shih, Pei Chun ^a,b   Thompson, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognition; Hippocampus; Intelligence; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875256212     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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