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Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta; Martin, Maryanne; Munafo, Marcus R.; Jones, Gregory V. – Psychological Bulletin, 2008
Human handedness, a marker for language lateralization in the brain, continues to attract great research interest. A widely reported but not universal finding is a greater male tendency toward left-handedness. Here the authors present a meta-analysis of k = 144 studies, totaling N = 1,787,629 participants, the results of which demonstrate that the…
Descriptors: Handedness, Gender Differences, Meta Analysis, Brain
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Leask, S. J.; Crow, T. J. – Brain and Cognition, 2006
How "differences" between the two sides of the brain (or "laterality") relate to level of function are important components of theories of the origin and purpose of hemispheric asymmetry, although different measures show different relationships, and this heterogeneity makes discerning any underlying relationships a difficult…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Brain, Foreign Countries, Lateral Dominance