Plasticity of lateralization: Schooling predicts hand preference but not hand skill asymmetry in a non-industrial society

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 612-620

  Geuze, Reint H ^a   Schaafsma, Sara M ^a   Lust, Jessica M ^a   Bouma, Anke ^a   Schiefenhövel, Wulf ^b   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ball throwing; Behavioural asymmetry; Evolution; Grip force; Handedness; Pegboard

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND PREFERENCE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858449365     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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