Hypochondriasis and the self-perception of handedness: A critique of the use of hand preference scales

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-82

  Dirnberger, Georg ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralization; epidemiology; Handedness; Information bias; Neurologic and psychiatric disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INFORMATION; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SELF CONCEPT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 49849083351     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e31817995d0     Document Type: Article

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