Unimanual and bimanual simultaneous fingertapping in schoolchildren: Developmental aspects and hand preference-related asymmetries

Laterality

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-135

  Njiokiktjien, C ^a   De Sonneville, L ^a   Hessels, M ^a   Kurgansky, A ^b   Vildavsky, V ^b   Vranken, M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Res Inst of Devmtl Physiology   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0037542587     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754265     Document Type: Article

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