Season of birth, Geschwind and Galaburda hypothesis, and handedness

Laterality

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 607-619

  Stoyanov, Zlatislav ^a   Nikolova, Piareta ^a   Pashalieva, Irina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Geschwind and Galaburda hypothesis; Handedness; Season of birth; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; BULGARIA; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052283010     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2010.506689     Document Type: Article

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