The effects of early environment on the development of functional laterality in Morris maze performance

Laterality

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 221-232

  Cowell, P E ^a,c   Waters, N S ^a,d   Denenberg, V H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Biobehavioral Sciences Graduate Degree Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000367703     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754274     Document Type: Article

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