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Neuropsychologia
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Using a handedness demonstration preference test under simple and complex task conditions, incidence rates for right, left, and mixed hand preferences were identified in a non-clinical sample. A relatively low incidence rate of ambiguous-handedness was also demonstrated, supporting earlier hypotheses that this subtype is rare among normals.
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