How far does the brain lateralize?: An unbiased method for determining the optimum degree of hemispheric specialization

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1381-1387

  Leask, S J ^a   Crow, T J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Gene frequency; Genetics; Genotype; Handedness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0030700719     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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