Secular sinistrality: A review of popular handedness books and world wide web sites

Laterality

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-208

  Elias, Lorin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0009572797     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754304     Document Type: Review

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