Family patterns in handedness: evidence for indirect inheritance mediated by birth stress.

doi:10.1007/BF02327575

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Family patterns in handedness: evidence for indirect inheritance mediated by birth stress.

Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 1995

Coren S

Abstract excerpt

The most common alternative to a genetic explanation of left-handedness is that sinistrality arises because of birth stress factors. In a sample of 1398 subjects, the association between birth stress and left-handedness was confirmed. More importantly, it was found that left-handed mothers are mo...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Female
Fetal Distress
Functional Laterality
Genotype
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, High-Risk
Probability
Risk Factors

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