Declining left-handedness in Victorian England seen in the films of Mitchell and Kenyon

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  McManus, I C ^a   Hartigan, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548513059     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.008     Document Type: Letter

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