The relation of planum temporale asymmetry and morphology of the corpus callosum to handedness, gender, and dyslexia: A review of the evidence

Brain and Language

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-322

  Beaton, Alan A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; REVIEW; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031282519     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1825     Document Type: Article

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