The neural correlates of sex differences in left-right confusion

NeuroImage

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-206

  Hjelmervik, Helene ^a   Westerhausen, René ^b   Hirnstein, Marco ^a   Specht, Karsten ^a,c   Hausmann, Markus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FMRI; Hemispheric asymmetry; Left right discrimination; Menstrual cycle; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LEFT RIGHT DISCRIMINATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; CONFUSION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROGESTERONE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926166300     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.02.066     Document Type: Article

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