Cognitive ability and continuous measures of relative hand skill: A note

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2091-2094

  Denny, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Cerebral dominance; Handedness; Intelligence; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; READING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR SKILLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44349124111     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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