Science in the making: Right Hand, Left Hand. III: Estimating historical rates of left-handedness

Laterality

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 186-208

  McManus, I C ^a   Moore, James ^a   Freegard, Matthew ^a   Rawles, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handedness; Historical; Nineteenth century; Rate; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; TELEVISION; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIENCE; TELEVISION; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949385523     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500802565313     Document Type: Article

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