Handedness and cerebral dominance: The right shift theory

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-469

  Annett, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DYSLEXIA; GENOTYPE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031730389     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.10.4.459     Document Type: Review

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