Hands, Arms, and Minds: Interactions between Posture and Thought

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1000-1010

  Mohr, Christine ^a,b   Thut, Gregor ^b   Landis, Theodor ^b   Brugger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0242288113     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.7.1000.16491     Document Type: Article

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