Cognitive effects of variations in pubertal timing: Is puberty a period of brain organization for human sex-typed cognition?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 823-828

  Beltz, Adriene M ^a   Berenbaum, Sheri A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational hormones; Puberty; Sex differences; Sex hormones; Spatial abilities; Verbal abilities

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878226342     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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