A reaching test reveals weak hand preference in specific language impairment and developmental co-ordination disorder

Laterality

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-310

  Hill, Elisabeth L ^a,b   Bishop, Dorothy V M ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000779680     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754314     Document Type: Article

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