Increased prevalences of left-handedness and left-eye sighting dominance in individuals with Williams-Beuren syndrome

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 967-976

  Van Strien, Jan W ^a,d   Lagers Van Haselen, G C ^b   Van Hagen, J M ^c   De Coo, I F M ^b   Frens, M A ^b   Van Der Geest, J N ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MATURATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 27344437221     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490919119     Document Type: Article

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