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Peer reviewedCasey, M. Beth – Developmental Review, 1996
Identified subjects' handedness and family handedness (genetic variables) and college major (environmental variable); and tested subjects on the Vandenberg Mental Rotation Test. Found that right-handed females with non-right-handed relatives and with science or math majors outperformed other females and equaled the performance of males on the…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Females, Handedness, Heredity
