Revisiting geschwind's hypothesis on brain lateralisation: A functional MRI study of digit ratio (2D:4D) and sex interaction effects on spatial working memory

Laterality

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 625-640

  Kalmady, Sunil Vasu ^a   Agarwal, Sri Mahavir ^a   Shivakumar, Venkataram ^a   Jose, Dania ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan ^a   Janardhan Reddy, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

(2D:4D); Cerebral lateralisation; Digit ratio; Geschwind behan galaburda (GBG) hypothesis; Inferior parietal lobule; Parahippocampal gyrus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890124621     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2012.744414     Document Type: Article

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