Dichotic listening, handedness, brain organization, and transsexuality

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-154

  Govier, Ernest ^a   Diamond, Milton ^b   Wolowiec, Teresa ^a   Slade, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Pacific Center for Sex and Society in Honolulu   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Dichotic listening; Handedness; Lateralization; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957917280     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2010.514219     Document Type: Article

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