Cognitive sex differences are not magnified as a function of age, sex hormones, or puberty development during early adolescence

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-179

  Herlitz, Agneta ^a,b   Reuterskiöld, Lena ^c   Lovén, Johanna ^a,b   Thilers, Petra P ^a   Rehnman, Jenny ^a  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; RECOGNITION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUBERTY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84876227847     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2012.759580     Document Type: Article

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