Inverted versus straight handwriting posture: A family study

Clare Porac; Stanley Coren; Alan Searleman

doi:10.1007/BF01071876

Inverted versus straight handwriting posture: A family study

Clare Porac, Stanley Coren, Alan Searleman

School of Humanities & Social Sciences (Behrend)

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Familial resemblances in handwriting posture, whether straight or inverted, were studied in a sample of 450 families. A significant increase in the percentage of inverted writers among offspring occurred in families where at least one parent was an inverted writer. However, generational and gender differences in the incidence of the behavior, in addition to the familial similarities, suggest that a complex, multicausal mechanism may be involved in the formation of this behavior.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	311-320
Number of pages	10
Journal	Behavior Genetics
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01071876
State	Published - May 1 1983

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Genetics(clinical)

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