Manual asymmetry in a complex coincidence-anticipation task: Handedness and gender effects

Laterality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-412

  Rodrigues, Paula Cristina ^a   Vasconcelos, Olga ^a   Barreiros, João ^b   Barbosa, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coincidence anticipation; Handedness; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69849108409     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500802469607     Document Type: Article

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