Handedness as a function of twinning, age and sex.

doi:10.1016/s0010-9452(13)80326-7

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Handedness as a function of twinning, age and sex.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior - 1 Mar 1994

Davis A, Annett M

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Questions about twin birth, sex, age and handedness for writing were asked as part of a survey of hearing disability (Davis, 1989) in a large sample of the adult population. The findings show unequivocally that the prevalence of left handedness is higher in twins than in the singleborn, in males...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Functional Laterality
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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