Digit ratio (2D:4D) and hand preference for writing in the BBC Internet Study [0.03%]
BBC网络研究中的 digit ratio(2D∶4D)与书写用手偏好
J T Manning,M Peters
J T Manning
The ratio of the length of the second to the fourth digit (2D:4D) may be negatively correlated with prenatal testosterone. Hand preference has been linked with prenatal testosterone and 2D:4D. Here we show that 2D:4D is associated with hand...
Clare Press,Elizabeth Ray,Cecilia Heyes
Clare Press
Two experiments examined imitation of lateralised body movement sequences presented at six viewing angles (0 degrees , 60 degrees , 120 degrees , 180 degrees , 240 degrees , and 300 degrees rotation relative to the participant's body). Expe...
Comparative Study
Laterality. 2009 Sep;14(5):515-27. DOI:10.1080/13576500802607990 2009
Science in the Making: Right Hand, Left Hand. I: A BBC television programme broadcast in 1953 [0.03%]
科学进行时:右利手,左利手(上):英国广播公司1953年播出的电视节目
I C McManus,Richard Rawles,James Moore et al.
I C McManus et al.
In August 1953, the BBC broadcast a television science programme entitled Science in the Making: Right Hand, Left Hand. The programme was broadcast live, being presented by Dr Jacob Bronowski in collaboration with Dr Kenneth Smith, and prod...
Lateralisation of trunk movements in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) [0.03%]
圈养亚洲象(Elephas maximus)躯干运动的侧化性研究
Jane Ebert Haakonsson,Stuart Semple
Jane Ebert Haakonsson
Behavioural lateralisation has been widely investigated in vertebrates. Most studies in this area have focused on laterality in paired organs such as hands, limbs, and eyes. Fewer studies have explored side preferences in unpaired organs su...
Science in the Making: Right Hand, Left Hand. III: Estimating historical rates of left-handedness [0.03%]
科学趣谈:右手 左手。第三部分:估计历史左利手比率
I C McManus,James Moore,Matthew Freegard et al.
I C McManus et al.
The BBC television programme Right Hand, Left Hand, broadcast in August 1953, used a postal questionnaire to ask viewers about their handedness. Respondents were born between 1864 and 1948, and in principle therefore the study provides info...
Erkan Caliskan,Senol Dane
Erkan Caliskan
Rates of left-handedness were compared in 1387 blind and 831 sighted children. The rate in male blind children was higher than in female blind children. The incidence of left-handedness was significantly higher in blind than in sighted chil...
I C McManus,Matthew Freegard,James Moore et al.
I C McManus et al.
The BBC television programme Right Hand, Left Hand, broadcast in August 1953, showed a version of the duck-rabbit figure and asked viewers to say what they could see in the “puzzle picture”. Nearly 4,000 viewers described the image, and t...
Handedness, eyedness, and hand--eye crossed dominance in patients with schizophrenia: sex-related lateralisation abnormalities [0.03%]
手性、眼动和双手-双眼交叉优势在精神分裂症患者中的表现:与性别相关的半球功能异常
Senol Dane,Serap Yildirim,Erol Ozan et al.
Senol Dane et al.
Schizophrenia is referred to as cerebral lateralisation abnormality. In this study the possible relationships among handedness, eye dominance, and crossed and non congruent hand-eye dominance in patients with schizophrenia are investigated....
Katie L Meadmore,Itiel E Dror,Romola S Bucks
Katie L Meadmore
Studies assessing spatial ability suggest right hemisphere specialisation for coordinate spatial processing and left hemisphere specialisation for categorical spatial processing. With regard to healthy ageing, spatial abilities may be affec...
Understanding the genetics of behavioural and psychiatric traits will only be achieved through a realistic assessment of their complexity [0.03%]
对行为和精神疾病的基因研究只能通过对它们的复杂性进行客观评估来实现
Clyde Francks
Clyde Francks
Francks et al. (2007) performed a recent study in which the first putative genetic effect on human handedness was identified (the imprinted locus LRRTM1 on human chromosome 2). In this issue of Laterality, Tim Crow and colleagues present a ...