Laterality and handedness in mentally retarded subjects 1

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART II, 1997, Pages 1229-1230

  Di Nuovo, Santo F ^a,b   Buono, Serafino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EAR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0031297346     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.3f.1229     Document Type: Article

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