Frequency-Dependent Performance and Handedness in Professional Baseball Players (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

manual laterality; negative frequency dependent selection; search image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BASEBALL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 40749117571     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.1.68     Document Type: Article

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