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ERIC Number: EJ918282
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0028-3932
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Handedness and Intellectual Achievement: An Even-Handed Look
Corballis, Michael C.; Hattie, John; Fletcher, Richard
Neuropsychologia, v46 n1 p374-378 2008
Evidence from a large-scale study of 11-year olds in Britain suggests that ambidextrous individuals may be disadvantaged in tests of verbal, nonverbal, reading, and mathematical skills relative to right- and left-handers, but this basic finding was not replicated in another study of younger boys in Germany. Here, we present data based on a television show in which members of the public were given an IQ test. Some individuals were also asked to state whether they wrote with the left hand, right hand, or either hand. The data support the earlier finding that ambidextrous individuals perform more poorly than left- or right-handers, especially on subscales measuring arithmetic, memory, and reasoning, and extend that finding to adults.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; United Kingdom
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