In defence of the right shift theory

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-137

  Annett, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TWINS;

ADULT; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0030075764     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.1.115     Document Type: Article

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