Human handedness: An inherited evolutionary trait

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 200-206

  Forrester, Gillian S ^a   Quaresmini, Caterina ^b   Leavens, David A ^c   Mareschal, Denis ^d   Thomas, Michael S C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralization; Evolution; Handedness; Human

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84867605401     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.037     Document Type: Article

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