Attempts to switch the writing hand: Relationships to age and side of hand preference

Laterality

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-44

  Porac, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0002542878     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754205     Document Type: Article

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