Motoric dominance and sporting excellence: Training versus heredity

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-66

  Grouios, George ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT;

APTITUDE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 2942629353     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.1.53-66     Document Type: Article

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