The effects of reading-writing direction on the asymmetry of space perception and directional tendencies: A comparison between French and Tunisian children

Laterality

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-52

  Fagard, Jacqueline ^a   Dahmen, Riadh ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRAWING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TUNISIA; WRITING;

EID: 0037260794     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754473     Document Type: Article

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