Visual determinants of the leftward cradling bias: A preliminary report

Laterality

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-288

  Matheson, Edith A ^a   Turnbull, Oliver H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011105377     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754305     Document Type: Article

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