Sinistrals' upper hand: Evidence for handedness differences in the representation of body space

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 408-418

  Hach, Sylvia ^a   Schütz Bosbach, Simone ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body representation; Lateralization; Left right handedness; Personal space; Somatosensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349122088     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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