Cultural and environmental pressure against left-hand preference in urban and semi-urban Malawi

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-303

  Zverev, Y P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Culture; Handedness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TEACHER; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644962460     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.07.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (43)

1. J. Andrew Laterality on the tapping test among legal offenders Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 7 1978 149 150
2. M. Annet Handedness and the cerebral representation of speech Annals of Human Biology 3 1976 317 328
3. M. Annett Left, right hand and brain: The right shift theory 1985 Lawrence Erlbaum Associates London
4. M. Annet Handedness as a continuous variable with dextral shift: Sex, generation, and family handedness in subgroups of left- and right-handers Behaviour Genetics 24 1994 51 64
5. M. Ashton Handedness: An alternative hypothesis Behaviour Genetics 12 1982 125 147
6. J.T. Becker, S.M. Bass, M.A. Dew, L. Kingsley, O.A. Selnes, and K. Sheridan Hand preference, immune system disorder and cognitive function among gay/bisexual men: the multicenter AIDS cohort study (MACS) Neuropsychologia 30 1992 229 235
7. G.G. Briggs, and R.D. Ebbs Patterns of hand preference in a student population Cortex 11 1975 230 238
8. M. Calnan, and K. Richardson Developmental correlates of handedness in a sample of 11-year-olds Annals of Human Biology 3 1976 329 342
9. S. Coren, and D.F. Halpern Left-handedness: A marker for decreased survival fitness Psychological Bulletin 109 1991 90 106
10. S. Coren Are fingerprints a genetic marker for handedness? Behaviour Genetics 24 1994 141 148
11. J.L. Dawson An anthropological perspective on the evolution and lateralization of the brain Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 299 1977 424 447
12. M. De Agostini, A.H. Khamis, A.M. Ahui, and G. Dellatolas Environmental influences in hand preference: An African point of view Brain and Cognition 35 1997 151 167
13. A. Falek Handedness: A family study American Journal of Human Genetics 11 1959 52 56
14. J.J. Fleminger, R. Dalton, and K. Standage Age as a factor in the handedness of adults Neuropsychologia 15 1977 471 473
15. R. Garonzik Hand dominance and implications for left-handed operation of controls Ergonomics 10 1989 1185 1192
16. C. Hardyck, and L.E. Petrinovich Left-handedness Psychological Bulletin 84 1977 385 404
17. Harris, L. J. (1990). Cultural influences on handedness: Historical and contemporary theory and evidence. In G. E. Stelmach & P. A. Vreen (Series Eds) & S. Coren (Vol. Eds.), Advances in Psychology: Vol. 67. Left-handedness: Behavioral implications and anomalies (pp. 195-258). Amsterdam: North-Holland.
18. L.J. Harris What to do about your child's handedness. Advice from five eighteen-century authors, and some questions for today Laterality 8 2003 99 120
19. J.M. Healey, J. Liederman, and N. Geschwind Handedness is not a unidimensional trait Cortex 22 1986 33 53
20. Y. Kang, and L.J. Harris Handedness and footedness in Korean college students Brain and Cognition 43 2000 268 274
21. K.N. Laland, J. Kumm, J.D. Van Horn, and M.W. Feldman A gene-culture model of human handedness Behaviour Genetics 25 1995 433 446
22. W.P. London, P. Kibbee, and L. Holt Handedness and alcoholism Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 173 1985 570 572
23. I.C. McManus Right- and left-hand skill: Failure of the right shift model British Journal of Psychology 76 1985 1 16
24. J.M. Nyasani The African psyche 1997 University of Nairobi and Theological Printing Press Ltd Nairobi
25. R.C. Oldfield The assessment and analysis of handedness: The Edinburgh Inventory Neuropsychologia 9 1971 97 113
26. M.A. Payne Impact of cultural pressures on self-reports of actual and approved hand use Neuropsychologia 25 1987 247 258
27. I.B. Perelle, and L. Ehrman An international study of human handedness: The data Behaviour Genetics 24 1994 217 228
28. M. Peters, and B.M. Durding Left-handers and right-handers compared on a motor task Journal of Motor Behavior 11 1979 103 111
29. C. Porac, and S. Coren Lateral preferences and human behavior 1981 Springer New York
30. C. Porac, S. Coren, and A. Serleman Environmental factors in hand preference formation: Evidence from attempts to switch the preferred hand Behaviour Genetics 2 1986 251 261
31. C. Porac, L. Rees, and T. Buller Switching hands: A place for left hand use in a right hand world S. Coren Left handedness: Behavioural implications and abnormalities 1990 Elsevier Science Amsterdam 259 290
32. C. Porac, I.C. Friesen, M.P. Barnes, and V. Gruppuso Illness and accidental injury in young and older adult left- and right-handers: Implications for genetic theories of hand preference Developmental Neuropsychology 14 1998 157 172
33. K.A. Provins, and J. Magliaro The measurement of handedness by preference and performance test Brain and Cognition 22 1993 171 181
34. M. Reiss, and G. Reiss Current aspects of handedness Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 23 1999 1009 1018
35. J.B. Sattler The left-handed child in elementary school 1993 Auer Verlag Donauwörth
36. A. Shutte Philosophy for Africa 1993 University of Cape Town Press Rodenbosch
37. M. Singh, and A. Kindu Hand preference and approval among Hindus and Muslims in India The International Journal of Neuroscience 75 1994 19 29
38. M. Singh, M. Manjary, and G. Dellatolas Lateral preferences among Indian school children Cortex 37 2001 231 241
39. R.E. Steenhuis, and M.P. Bryden Different dimensions of hand preference that relate to skilled and unskilled activities Cortex 25 1989 230 289
40. E.L. Teng, P. Lee, K. Yang, and P.C. Chang Handedness in a Chinese population: Biological, social, and pathological factors Science 193 1976 1148 1150
41. E.L. Teng, P.H. Lee, K.S. Yang, and P.C. Chang Lateral preferences for hand, foot and eye, and their lack of association with scholastic achievement, in 4143 Chinese Neuropsychologia 17 1979 41 48
42. A.L. Thompson, and J.F. Marsh Jr. Probability sampling of manual asymmetry Neuropsychologia 14 1976 217 223
43. Y.P. Zverev Prevalence of the three categories of handedness among Malawian school children Collegium Antropologicum 28 2004 205 208