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THE ROLE OF IMITATION IN THE STABILIZATION OF HANDEDNESS DURING INFANCY

2006; Imperial College Press; Volume: 05; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s0219635206001343

1757-448X

Jacqueline Fagard, C. Lemoine,

Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience

Journal of Integrative NeuroscienceVol. 05, No. 04, pp. 519-533 (2006) Short CommunicationsNo AccessTHE ROLE OF IMITATION IN THE STABILIZATION OF HANDEDNESS DURING INFANCYJACQUELINE FAGARD and CHRISTELLE LEMOINEJACQUELINE FAGARDLaboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, UFR Biomédicale des Saints Pères, 45 rue des Sts Pères, 75270 Paris Cedex, 06, FranceCorresponding author. and CHRISTELLE LEMOINELaboratoire Cognition et Comportement, 71 avenue, Edouard Vaillant 92774, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, Francehttps://doi.org/10.1142/S0219635206001343Cited by:18 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail AbstractOnly about 50% of infants appear to be right-handed in their first year, yet only 10–12% ultimately become left-handed. Several parameters may control early changes in handedness, and we investigated the role of imitation. 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