Hand preference observed in large healthy samples: Classification, norms and interpretations of increased non-right-handedness by the right shift theory

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-353

  Annett, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 4344580198     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0007126041528130     Document Type: Article

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