Forelimb preferences in human beings and other species: Multiple models for testing hypotheses on lateralization

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Versace, Elisabetta ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Forelimb asymmetries; Genetic architecture; Handedness; Invertebrates; Lateralization; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926467621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00233     Document Type: Review

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