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On the homogeneity of human handedness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Robert E. Hicks
Robert E. Hicks
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Psychology Department, State University of New York, at Albany, Albany, N. Y. 12222
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1978 , pp. 299 - 300
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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