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Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition
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Original Articles

Lateral organisation in nineteenth-century studio photographs is influenced by the direction of writing: A comparison of Iranian and Spanish photographs

Pages 515-532 | Received 07 Jan 2011, Accepted 31 Mar 2011, Published online: 07 Nov 2011

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