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Handedness for grasping objects and pointing and the development of language in 14-month-old infants

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Pages 565-585 | Received 01 Dec 2009, Accepted 28 May 2010, Published online: 10 Dec 2010

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Eliza L. Nelson & Sandy L. Gonzalez. (2020) Measuring infant handedness reliably from reaching: A systematic review. Laterality 25:4, pages 430-454.
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