Developmental instability and right shift theory hypotheses concerning correlates of familial sinistrality: Negative findings

Laterality

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-110

  McKeever, Walter F ^a   Cerone, Louis J ^a   Chase Carmichael, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

EID: 0034034205     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754363     Document Type: Article

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