Lateralized ultradian rhythms: Evidence from tactile discrimination of either hand

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1015-1034

  Meier Koll, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOUCH;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERMANY; HAND; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 0032247432     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.3.1015     Document Type: Article

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