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HANDEDNESS AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN OLDER MEN AND WOMEN: A COMPARISON OF METHODS
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Abstract: Objective: Previous studies of handedness and cognitive function rely on self...reported versus grip-strength-based handedness with cognitive function in healthy older...held dynamometer. Self-reported handedness was obtained with a mailed survey...
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Assessing handedness in pre-schoolers: Construction and initial validation of a hand preference test for 4-6-year-olds
Magazine article from: Psychology Science; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and validate a test for measuring the handedness of pre-school children. The newly...For the purpose of validation, the handedness of the children was assessed via a questionnaire...The inter-correlations of the handedness measures gathered (parent's estimate...
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Pick a hand, any hand: mixed-handedness and night-sky watching in a college student sample.(Report)
Magazine article from: College Student Journal; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...study explored the relationship between handedness and interest in night-sky watching...N=128) completed the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (Oldfield, 1971) and the...cortical functioning) is the research on handedness, the hand that humans prefer to use...
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Left-Handedness and Developmental Coordination Disorder
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...To examine the prevalence of left-handedness in a sample of children screened for...Conclusion: The prevalence of left-handedness in children wim DCD suggests a possible...investigation is warranted. * Left-handedness may serve as a useful marker for possible...
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Season of birth and handedness in Serbian high school students.(Primary research)
Magazine article from: Annals of General Psychiatry; 1/30/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...component [1]. The transmission of handedness over many generations of humans is widely...on twins [5], meta-analysis of handedness in twins [6], and molecular genetic...To date, however, no gene for handedness has been identified. Genetic models...
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Cognitive performance and left-handedness: comparative analyses in adults with seizures, physical, psychological and learning disorders in a rehabilitation setting.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Rehabilitation; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...2002), and lower incidences of left-handedness in several prominent nonwestern societies...The frequency of right and left-handedness is also quite different among a variety...the increased occurrences of left-handedness in persons with mental retardation...
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Left-handedness dominant in wild chimpanzees: research
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 8/16/2005; 656 words
; Left-handedness dominant in wild chimpanzees: research...demonstrate that population-level handedness (where the same hand is preferred...researchers found. Furthermore, the handedness trait ran in families, with both right...
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Yanomamo handedness, homicide and alleged negative frequency-dependent selection.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Michel Raymond (2004) argue that left-handedness is strongly and positively correlated...buoyantly titled pieces such as: 'Left-handedness: a sinister advantage' (The Economist...effects of the partial heritability of handedness. Leaving further discussion of such...
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Scientists give a handedness to the search for alien life.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Science; 5/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...that have a certain "chirality," or handedness. A right-handed molecule has the...critical to life favor a particular handedness, Thom Germer and his colleagues think...molecules not associated with life exhibit handedness as well. But when organisms reproduce...
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Researchers discover basis for determining handedness in chimpanzees.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 12/29/2004; 700 words
; ...Research Center of Emory University, handedness is not associated with the language...accepted scientific thought. Rather, handedness is associated with the KNOB, the area...primates and, now, for determining handedness in chimpanzees. The researchers reported...
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Handedness
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Handedness Definition Handedness is the preferred use of the right hand, the left hand, or one or the other depending on the task. Description Handedness is defined and categorized in different ways. Most people define...
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handedness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
handedness habitual or more skillful use of one...hand rather than the cause of right-handedness. The neurological argument holds that...the left hemisphere results in right-handedness. Anatomical studies have demonstrated...
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right-handedness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
right-handedness see handedness .
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left-handedness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
left-handedness see handedness .
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dexterity
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...Dictionary lists ‘right-handedness’ as only the fourth meaning...meanings are:1. Manual skill, neat-handedness; hence, address in the use of the...generally been associated with right-handedness. The positive value of these attributes...
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