Measurement of lateral preferences and schizophrenia: Results of the Edinburgh High-Risk Study and methodological issues

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-217

  Byrne, Majella ^a   Clafferty, Robert A ^b   Cosway, Richard ^c   Grant, Elizabeth ^c   Hodges, Ann ^d   Lawrie, Stephen M ^c   Johnstone, Eve C ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early psychosis; Genetics; Handedness; Sex differences; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642315723     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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