Shift of manual preference in right-handers following unimanual practice

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-243

  Teixeira, Luis Augusto ^a   Teixeira, Maria Cândida Tocci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Handedness; Manual asymmetry; Manual preference; Motor learning; Performance asymmetry; Sequential finger movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35248901590     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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