Review and theory of handedness, birth order, and homosexuality in men

Laterality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-70

  Blanchard, Ray ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; NEUROLIGIN;

BIRTH ORDER; FAMILY SIZE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNIZATION; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; REVIEW; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SIBLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY;

ANTIBODIES; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 36749086495     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500701710432     Document Type: Review

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