Asymmetries between dominant and non-dominant hands in real and imagined motor task performance

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-384

  Maruff, P ^a,b   Wilson, P H ^c   De Fazio, J ^a   Cerritelli, B ^a   Hedt, A ^a   Currie, J ^b,d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Westmead Public Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032933033     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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