Familial sinistrality and degree of left‐handedness
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 68 (4) , 469-471
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1977.tb01616.x
Abstract
Hécaen & Sauguet (1970) reported that, according to a handedness inventory measure, familial sinistrality among left-handers (brain-damaged patients) was associated with weak left-handedness. We assessed the relationship of familial sinistrality and degree of left-handedness among 71 normal left-and 80 right-handed subjects. No general relationship of degree of left-handedness, defined by four handedness tasks, to familial sinistrality obtained. Only one of the tasks (finger tapping speed) significantly differed between familial and non-familial left-handers, the familial left-handers being more strongly left-handed on the task.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: