Is there a sex difference in human laterality? III. An exhaustive survey of tactile laterality studies from six neuropsychology journals

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-28

  Hiscock, Merrill ^a   Inch, Roxanne ^b   Hawryluk, Jenine ^c   Lyon, Paula J ^a   Perachio, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOUCH;

ADULT; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOUCH;

EID: 0032790565     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.21.1.17.944     Document Type: Article

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