Atypical cerebral dominance: Predictions and tests of the right shift theory

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1215-1227

  Annett, Marian ^a   Alexander, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral dominance; Handedness; Right shift theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PREDICTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0030561163     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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