Extreme right-handedness, older brothers, and sexual orientation in men

Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Bogaert, Anthony F ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

FBO; Fraternal birth order; Handedness; Men; Older brothers; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; HANDEDNESS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SIBLING;

BIRTH ORDER; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33846044341     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.1.141     Document Type: Article

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