Lateral preferences in 8- to 15-year-old Brazilian children assessed with the Edinburgh Inventory: Different measures of handedness and comparison with younger children and adults

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 433-453

  Brito, Gilberto N O ^a   Santos Morales, Tanna R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033393408     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN1603_25     Document Type: Article

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