Evaluation of empirical methods and methodological foundations of human left-handedness

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 487-506

  Janßen, Josef P ^a,b  

^a NONE

^b NONE   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TWINS;

BRAIN; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; TWINS;

EID: 3342946042     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.2.487-506     Document Type: Article

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