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Human handedness reconsidered

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Digby Elliott
Digby Elliott
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School of Physical Education, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L85 4K1, Canada, Electronic mail: elliott@mcmaster.ca
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 341 - 342
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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