Sex and cognition: Gender and cognitive functions

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-56

  Hyde, Janet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL ROTATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL PROCESSING; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84959309032     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.02.007     Document Type: Review

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