Handedness is modulated by sex and self-perception

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-286

  Dirnberger, Georg ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralisation; Handedness; Hypochondriasis; Self perception; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84861568427     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2011.568488     Document Type: Article

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