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SCIENCE AND HANDEDNESS
Author(s) -
HARVEY T. J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1988.tb00893.x
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , paleontology , biology
S ummary . The aims of this study were (a) to investigate whether left‐handedness is related to intelligence, and (b) as a consequence of investigating the incidence of left‐handedness whether science can be classified as a one‐side of the brain activity. To test for the relationship between left‐handedness and intelligence, 800 fifth formers were given the Oldfield Handedness Inventory, as were a 1,000 sixth formers. The test was also given to 400 university science undergraduates. The results indicated (a) that left‐handedness did not appear to be a function of intelligence, (b) for males science could possibly be considered as a right‐hand side of the brain activity, and (c) for females science is possibly an across‐the‐brain activity.