Estradiol and mental rotation: Relation to dimensionality, difficulty, or angular disparity?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 238-248

  Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Levy Cooperman, Na'ama ^a   Korman, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Estradiol; Estrogen; Menstrual cycle; Mental rotation; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANGULAR DISPARITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMENSIONALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFORTFULNESS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL ROTATIONS TEST; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PLANE OF ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SALIVA; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADULT; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGESTERONE; ROTATION; SALIVA; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896899575     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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