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Right‐ and left‐hand skill: Failure of the right shift model
Author(s) -
McManus I. C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1985.tb01926.x
Subject(s) - psychology , left and right , asymmetry , hand preference , relation (database) , cognitive psychology , laterality , developmental psychology , structural engineering , data mining , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Annett's right shift model of the distribution of skill asymmetry, and of the genetics of handedness, is examined in relation to several sets of data. It is found to be a less adequate description than is the more intuitively obvious ‘symmetric bimodal’ model, which is described in this paper.