Plasticity, plasticity, plasticity . . . and the rigid problem of sex

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 550-551

  Fine, Cordelia ^a   Jordan Young, Rebecca ^b   Kaiser, Anelis ^c   Rippon, Gina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NOTE; PLASTICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84886627380     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.08.010     Document Type: Note

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