Sex differences in the development of brain mechanisms for processing biological motion

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 751-760

  Anderson, L C ^a   Bolling, D Z ^a   Schelinski, S ^a   Coffman, M C ^a   Pelphrey, K A ^a   Kaiser, M D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Biological motion; Brain development; FMRI; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

AMYGDALA; BIOLOGICAL MOTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FMRI; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882732371     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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