Cultural difference in side bias: Evidence from Japan and India

Laterality

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-133

  Ida, Yukihide ^a   Mandal, Manas K ^b  

^a OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; JAPAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037624491     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754478     Document Type: Article

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