Getting out of hand: niche construction theory and a multiplicity of handedness
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Authors
- Evan Clarkson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2306-6614)
- Madeline Peterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-2774)
Institutions
- Utah Valley University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2026.2733092
- Primary Topic
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00