Hemispheric asymmetry: what, why, and at what cost?

J Int Neuropsychol Soc

The Neurology Service and the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA. snadeau@ufl .edu

Published: July 2010

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