Handedness as a major determinant of functional cradling bias

Laterality

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-276

  van der Meer, Audrey ^a   Husby, Åsmund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33646408535     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500500513565     Document Type: Article

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