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Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition
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Original Articles

Hand preference and skilled hand performance among individuals with successful rightward conversions of the writing hand

Pages 105-121 | Received 16 Jan 2008, Published online: 04 Mar 2009

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