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(c) 2003 Handedness Research Institute, handedness.org

       or, where other credit is given:

(c) 2003 M.K. Holder, handedness.org

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(Handedness Research Institute, 2003)  - or-   ([last name of author/s], 2003)

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E X A M P L E S :

if no author given :

Handedness Research Institute.  (2002).  Handedness Research Institute | Education.   Retrieved 17 September, 2002, from the Handedness Research Institute Web site: http://handedness.org/education.html

if author given :

Holder, M.K. (2002).  Parents' Guide to Handedness.  Retrieved 17 September, 2002, from the Handedness Research Institute Web site: http://handedness.org/education/papers/parentsguide.pdf

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