Lateral manual asymmetries: A longitudinal study from birth to 24 months

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-72

  Jacobsohn, Lia ^a,b   Rodrigues, Paula ^c   Vasconcelos, Olga ^d   Corbetta, Daniela ^e   Barreiros, Joao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b CIPER Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Human Performance   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Infants; Lateral asymmetries; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTS; LATERAL ASYMMETRIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

DEVELOPMENT; INFANTS; LATERAL ASYMMETRIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY;

FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84889639695     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21091     Document Type: Article

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