Hand preference as related to development and behavior in infancy

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 371-380

  Tirosh, Emanuel ^a,b   Stein, Mordehai ^a   Harel, Judith ^a   Scher, Anat ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033203118     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.2.371     Document Type: Article

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