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Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition
Volume 17, 2012 - Issue 5
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Original Articles

Season of birth and handedness in young adults

Lorenzo Tonetti Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ana Adan Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C), Barcelona, Spain
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Hervé Caci Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice – CHU Lenval, Nice, France
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Marco Fabbri Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Vincenzo Natale Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Pages 597-601 | Received 08 Feb 2011, Accepted 14 Jun 2011, Published online: 25 Oct 2011
 
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Abstract

This study explored the relationship between season of birth and handedness, taking into account gender and nationality variables. Young adults from three countries (2120 females and 1353 males; 877 Spanish, 2184 Italian, and 412 French), aged from 18 to 30 years, filled the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI). According to the literature, the percentage of left-handed participants in the whole sample was 9.30%. The distribution of left- and right-handed participants was not significantly different among the seasons of birth. The present data do not support a significant season of birth effect on handedness in young adults.

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