Atypical handedness in schizophrenia: Some methodological and theoretical issues

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-78

  Satz, Paul ^a   Green, Michael Foster ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Laterality; Neuropsychological impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FAMILY HISTORY; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 0033042535     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033367     Document Type: Article

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