The effect of explicit cultural bias on lateral preferences in Tunisia

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 805-815

  Dahmen, Riadh ^a   Fagard, Jacqueline ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural influences; Handedness; Lateral preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FOOT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA; WRITING;

EID: 28444491019     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70299-5     Document Type: Article

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