Sex Differences in Left-Handedness Are Also Evident in Scandinavia and in Twins: Comment on Papadatou-Pastou, Martin, Munafò, and Jones (2008)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-347

  Vuoksimaa, Eero ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

laterality; left handedness; sex difference; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RISK; SCANDINAVIA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TWINS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; SCANDINAVIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS;

EID: 77953171045     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018972     Document Type: Article

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