Handedness, hand-clasping and arm-folding in Israeli males

Kobyliansky, Eugene; Micle, S.; Arensburg, Baruch

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“…Cohort effects on handedness have been reported in several countries, and most studies show an increase in left-handedness. For example, Kobyliansky, Micle, and Arensburg (1978) showed that 15.5% of Israeli-born subjects were left-handed as compared with only 5.9% of the members of a previous generation who were not born in Israel. Fleminger et al (1977) found in a British sample that left handedness for writing was inversely related to age, ranging from 2.9% among 56–64 year olds (born in 1912–1922) to 10.8% among 15–24 year olds.…”

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Patterns of Handedness in Modern Japanese: A Cohort Effect Shown by Re-administration of the H. N. Handedness Inventory After 20 Years.

Hatta

Kawakami²

1995

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne

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The H.N. Handedness Inventory, originally administered to a sample of 1199 Japanese students in 1973, was administered to a new sample of 1700 Japanese students 20 years later. It was found that the population of left-handed and ambidextrous females had increased. The incidence of inverted left-hand writers was very small. Comparison of the two sets of data demonstrates the effects of non-biological factors upon lateral preference.Resume La classification de la manualite HN, administree une premiere fois en 1973 a un echantillon de 1 199 etudiants japonais, a ete administree, 20 ans plus tard, a un nouvel echantillon de 1 700 etudiants japonais. On y a decouvert que la population de femmes gaucheres et ambidextres avait augmente. L'incidence de la manualite gauche inversee etait tres faible. Une comparaison des deux sources de donnees a demontre les effets des facteurs non biologiques sur la preference en matiere de manualite.Handedness distribution has been attributed, among other things, to genetic factors and early hemisphere lesions as well as to cultural demands and parental pressure (Coren & Porac, 1979;Harris, 1990). Although the effect of each of the contributory factors upon eventual hand preference is still uncertain, it is possible to assess the influence of non-biological factors by comparing the attitudes of different cultures towards left handedness (see, e.g.,

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Patterns of Handedness in Modern Japanese: A Cohort Effect Shown by Re-administration of the H. N. Handedness Inventory After 20 Years.

Hatta

Kawakami²

1995

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne

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“…Rhoads and Damon [28] suppose that hand clasping and arm folding are not associated with one another, and arm folding is not associated with either handedness or sex; however, they do show an age association. Kobyliansky et al [29] note that L-tendencies in both actions are pronounced in left-handers and ambidextrous individuals, while right-handers demonstrate right hand-clasping and left arm-folding. Also, although the manifestations of these traits vary within each group (left-handed, right-handed, and ambidextrous people), these authors believe that these traits are suitable for detecting left-handedness.…”

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Functional Asymmetry and Fingerprint Features of Left-Handed and Right-Handed Young Yakuts (Mongoloid Race, North-Eastern Siberia)

Шадрина

Vol'pert

2018

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An ethnically homogeneous group of Yakuts (Mongoloid race, Northeast Asia), aged 18–31, was studied to characterize the diversity of particular features between left- and right-handed individuals. A total of 52 left-handed (32 women and 20 men) and 100 right-handed (50 women and 50 men) individuals were studied. Testing included two sets of questions and tasks, dynamometry of the right and left hand, and fingerprint analysis. Left-handed and right-handed people were found to differ in functional asymmetry of psychophysiological and motor reactions. Right-handers were characterized by higher intragroup similarity, while, among left-handers, greater dispersion of these traits was observed. Asymmetry in hand grip strength was less pronounced in the left-handed people than in the right-handed; this difference was statistically significant, and the difference was greater in men than in women. This suggests that the non-dominant hand in the left-handed people was subjected to a greater load and indicates the forced adaptation of the left-handed people to “dextrastress”. No significant difference between sexes was found when analyzing fingerprint patterns. Left-handers had arches significantly more often than right-handers. Radial loops were most often found on the index finger, and, in the left-handers, their occurrence was significantly higher on three to five fingers of the left hand compared with the right-handers. The levels of fluctuating asymmetry in left-handers and right-handers were similar.

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“…HCL and ARMF showed no association with radiologically measured digit ratios. [1,17,21,29]. In our study, the digit ratio was assessed by radiographic evaluation, an infrequent way of assessing digit ratios, but which has been previously used in several studies [20,24,27,34].…”

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“…Previous studies showed that approximately 35% of right-handers and approximately 57% of left -handers, were left eye dominant [2]. Th ere are ongoing controversies about the association between HDD and HCL and between HCL and ARMF [11,17,25,32,33]. Prevalence of laterality indices in the Chuvashian population was previously described [11] It has been suggested that the index to ring the digit ratio or 2D:4D ratio is a biomarker of testosterone [24,31] or both androgen and estrogen [18,40] exposure during early intra-uterine life.…”

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Digit ratio and laterality indices: the Chuvashian study

Kalichman

Batsevich

Kobyliansky

2014

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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between digit ratio indices (representing the prenatal androgen and estrogen exposure) and different laterality indices, handedness (HDD), the dominant eye (DE), hand clasping (HCL) and arm folding (ARMF) in a large (N=1,586) Chuvashian population-based sample.HDD showed a significant association with the right phalangeal length ratio, the right and the left metacarpal ratio and the right ray ratio. Subjects with a right dominant hand had lower right phalangeal, right and left metacarpal and right ray ratios than those with a left dominant hand. This is the first study showing a significant association between the eye dominance and the left metacarpal and the left ray ratios. Subjects with a right DE had lower left metacarpal and left ray ratios than those with the left DE. HCL and ARMF showed no association with radiologically measured digit ratios. 2D:4D; digit ratio; laterality, handedness, dominant eye, hand clasping, arm folding, the Chuvashian population Laterality is the preference most humans show for one side of their body over the other. A majority of humans are right-handed and right-sided. According to Porac & Coren [30] approximately 88.2% favor their right hand and 71.1% Keywords:

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Handedness, hand-clasping and arm-folding in Israeli males

Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

Patterns of Handedness in Modern Japanese: A Cohort Effect Shown by Re-administration of the H. N. Handedness Inventory After 20 Years.

Patterns of Handedness in Modern Japanese: A Cohort Effect Shown by Re-administration of the H. N. Handedness Inventory After 20 Years.

Functional Asymmetry and Fingerprint Features of Left-Handed and Right-Handed Young Yakuts (Mongoloid Race, North-Eastern Siberia)

Digit ratio and laterality indices: the Chuvashian study

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