Abstract
We surveyed 650 young adults to assess both their current handedness behaviors and past attempts to shift their hand preference. We found that 73 (11.2%) individuals had experienced hand preference change attempts and 52 (8.0%) had undergone pressure to switch hand preference to the right. The likelihood that an individual had experienced pressure to change hand use was not related significantly to gender or to a number of familial factors. However, the success of the hand change varied with gender; females reported greater success in shifting their handedness.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 251-261 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Behavior Genetics |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 1986 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Genetics
- Genetics(clinical)