Handedness: Left-right differences in object holding and motor skills in 6-month-old infants

Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-230

  Streri, Arlette ^a,b   Gouarir, Cherifa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Handedness; Haptic perception; Infancy; Motor skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002169377     PISSN: 02499185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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