A direct observational measure of whole body turning bias

Cortex

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-176

  Yazgan, M Yanki ^a,c   Leckman, James F ^a   Wexler, Bruce E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029983284     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(96)80025-6     Document Type: Article

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