Hemispheric competition in left-handers on bimanual reaction time tasks

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-9

  Shen, Yin Chen ^a   Franz, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Handedness; Hemisphere dominance; Temporal coupling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 11144313698     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.37.1.3-9     Document Type: Article

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