Are left-handers really more anxious?

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-642

  Wright, Lynn ^a   Hardie, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural inhibition system; BIS; Handedness; Reinforcement sensitivity theory; rRST; State anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866445860     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2011.615126     Document Type: Article

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