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Abstract
Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot.
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- Behavioral Laterality
- Laterality of Motor Control
- Laterality, Behavioral
- Laterality, Functional
- Motor Control Laterality
- Ambidexterity
- Handedness
- Mirror Writing
- Mirror Writings
- Writing, Mirror
- Writings, Mirror
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, genetics, physiology, radiation effects.
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restrict to neurological & psychological sense; sidedness or laterality of disease, index the disease with /pathol or /physiopathol; for unilateral or bilateral surgery, index the surgical technique with /methods if pertinent
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2007(1966); for MIRROR WRITING use DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL 1976-2006 & HANDWRITING 1963-1975
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Functional Laterality. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007839. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007839
- Functional Laterality. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterality
- Functional Laterality. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10927834