Side preference in adults for holding infants: Contributions of sex and handedness in a test of imagination

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 246-252

  Harris, Lauren Julius ^a   Almerigi, Jason B ^a   Kirsch, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034214436     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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