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Sex, handedness and asymmetry of hand and foot length
Abstract
Measurements of the length of the hands of 156 4-9 yr old children revealed a significant association among sex, handedness and direction of asymmetry of hand-length. Right-handed males have longer right than left hands while non-right-handed males have longer left than right hands (P less than 0.005). Females have a significant association also (P less than 0.005), with the direction of asymmetry the reverse of that found in males. No significant associations were found among the classification variables for foot-length measured at ages 4-9 or at birth.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Means, L. W., & Walters, R. E.
- Affiliations
- East Carolina University (US)
- Venue
- Neuropsychologia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1982-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 715-719
- ISSN
- 0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2084107672
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits
- Keywords
- handedness, sex differences, children, laterality
- MeSH terms
- Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Foot, Hand, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Sex Factors
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