Left-handedness: A marker for decreased survival fitness

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 90-106

  Coren, Stanley ^a   Halpern, Diane F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

GENETIC MARKERS; HUMAN; LATERALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0026039281     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.109.1.90     Document Type: Article

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