Retraining left-handers and the aetiology of stuttering: The rise and fall of an intriguing theory

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 673-693

  Kushner, Howard I ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laterality; Left hand; Retraining; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EXERCISE; HANDWRITING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH SOUND DISORDER; STUTTERING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CHILD; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HANDWRITING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STUTTERING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868136929     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2011.615127     Document Type: Article

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