Phonology and handedness in primary school: predictions of the right shift theory.

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BACKGROUND: The right shift (RS) theory of handedness suggests that poor phonology may occur in the general population as a risk associated with absence of an agent of left cerebral speech, the hypothesised RS + gene. The theory predicts that poor phonology is associated with reduced bias to right-handedness. METHODS: A representative cohort of primary school children was assessed on tests of phonology, nonverbal...

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