Lateral preference profiles and right shift attempt histories of consistent and inconsistent left-handers

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Searleman, Alan ^a   Porac, Clare ^b  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consistent inconsistent left handers; Lateral preferences; Left handedness; Right shift attempts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EAR; EYE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND MOVEMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; WRITING;

EID: 0038122902     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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