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Biological associations of left-handedness

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  1. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Norman Geschwind M.D. (James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology, Director, Professor of Psychology)

  2. Neurological Unit, Beth Israel Hospital, USA

    Norman Geschwind M.D. (James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology, Director, Professor of Psychology)

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts

    Norman Geschwind M.D. (James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology, Director, Professor of Psychology)

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From the Charles A. Dana Research Institute, the Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Hospital, and Harvard Medical School Boston; and the Departments of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital. Some of the work reported here was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NINCDS 06209 and NS 14018), the National Science Foundation (BNS 77 05674) and from The Orton Society and Essel Foundation.

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Geschwind, N. Biological associations of left-handedness. Annals of Dyslexia 33, 29–40 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647994

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