Handedness and eye-dominance: A meta-analysis of their relationship

Laterality

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-34

  Bourassa, D C ^a   McManus, I C ^b   Bryden, M P ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0001965139     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754206     Document Type: Article

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