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Original Article

The Relation of Body Height to Handedness in Male and Female Right- and Left-Handed Human Subjects

Pages 217-220 | Received 13 Jul 1991, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The association between body size and the degree of hand preference was studied in male and female right- and left-handed human subjects. Hand preference was assessed by the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. In left-handers (total sample), there was a significant, negative linear correlation between the degree of left-hand preference and body height. There was no significant correlation between these parameters if the males and females were considered separately. In right-handers (total sample), body height was found to be significantly and negatively linearly correlated with the degree of right-hand preference. A similar correlation was observed in males without familial sinistrality (FS–) and in FS + females. There was no significant correlation between these parameters in FS+ right-handed males and FS- right-handed females. It was suggested that hormones affecting body height and brain size such as human growth hormone and testosterone would also contribute to the development of cerebral lateralization.

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