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Hand and Eye Dominance in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. G. Oddy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX
T. J. Lobstein
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX

Extract

Venables (1969) has suggested that a disturbance of lateral balance might be found in schizophrenia. Since this balance may be reflected in the hand dominance shown by the individual an investigation into the handedness of schizophrenics was carried out.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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