Behavioral laterality of the brain: Support for the binary construct of hemisity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Morton, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Asymmetry; Cognition; Right vs. left brain orientation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885402689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00683     Document Type: Article

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