Is There a Sex Difference in Human Laterality? I. An Exhaustive Survey of Auditory Laterality Studies from Six Neuropsychology Journals

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 423-435

  Hiscock, Merrill ^a   Inch, Roxanne ^b   Jacek, Carolyn ^b   Hiscock Kalil, Cheryl ^c   Kalil, Kathleen M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wayne County Community College District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX;

ADULT; CHILD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028356374     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01688639408402653     Document Type: Article

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