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Hand preference: Basis or reflection of hemisphere specialization?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Sandra F. Witelson
Sandra F. Witelson
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Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaL8N 3Z5
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 735 - 736
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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