Does handedness determine which hand leads in a bimanual task?

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 402-412

  Franz, Elizabeth A ^a   Rowse, Andrew ^a   Ballantine, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Handedness; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036889518     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890209601956     Document Type: Article

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