Factor analyses of handedness items in left and right-handed intellectually gifted and nongifted children

Cortex

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-584

  Szeszko, Philip R ^a   Madden, Gloria M ^b   Piro, Joseph M ^c  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wyandanch Union Free School District   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030731611     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70239-9     Document Type: Article

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