Do left-handed children have advantages regarding school performance and leadership skills?

Laterality

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-70

  Faurie, Charlotte ^a   Vianey Liaud, Nicolas ^a   Raymond, Michel ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LEADERSHIP; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS;

EID: 31344433616     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500500294620     Document Type: Article

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