Is a lack of cerebral hemisphere dominance a risk factor for social "conflictedness"? Mixed-handedness in shyness and sociability

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-281

  Spere, Katherine A ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Riniolo, Todd C ^b   Fox, Nathan A ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEDAILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Laterality; Psychopathology; Shyness; Sociability

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444486531     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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