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Familial and genetic effects on motor coordination, laterality, and reading-related cognition.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Nov 2003
Francks Clyde, Fisher Simon E, Marlow Angela J, MacPhie I Laurence, Taylor Kathleen E, Richardson Alex J, Stein John F, Monaco Anthony P
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OBJECTIVE: Recent research has provided evidence for a genetically mediated association between language or reading-related cognitive deficits and impaired motor coordination. Other studies have identified relationships between lateralization of hand skill and cognitive abilities. With a large sample, the authors aimed to investigate genetic relationships between measures of reading-related cognition, hand motor...
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