Handedness and writing performance

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 98, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 815-824

  Vlachos, F ^a   Bonoti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4243084302     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.98.3.815-824     Document Type: Article

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