Hand skill and hand preference in blind and sighted children

Laterality

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-235

  Ittyerah, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033914526     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135765000406076     Document Type: Article

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