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Research Article

SEX AND HANDEDNESS DIFFERENCES IN EYE-HAND VISUAL REACTION TIMES IN HANDBALL PLAYERS

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Pages 923-929 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Sex and handedness differences in the eye-dominant hand, the right eye-right hand and the left eye-left hand visual reaction times were studied in 270 right-handed and 56 left­-handed young handball players. Reaction­ time was assessed by a software package. All visual reaction times were longer in women than in men. In the eye-dominant hand and the left eye-­left hand visual reaction times, the left-handers had a superiority over the right handers, but there was no difference between the right eye-right hand visual reaction times of the right- and left-handers. In right-handers, all visual reaction times were longer in women than in men, but there was no sex difference in left-handers. The results suggest that left-handed players have probably an intrinsic neurological advantage.

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