Handedness and Developmental Disorder

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Handedness Development: A Model for Investigating the Development of Hemispheric Specialization and Interhemispheric Coordination

“…There are various elements that make up manual skill, such as grip strength, finger dexterity, sequencing ability, and coordination across muscles, fingers, and hands. Each of these can be assessed by different functional tasks [152]. These measures can produce more precise descriptions of individual variability of handskill differences.…”