Relationships between the direction of movements and handedness in children

Scheirs, J.G.M.

doi:10.1016/0028-3932(90)90130-g

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“…For example Glenn et al (1995) and van Sommers (1984) reported a tendency in left-handed children to produce circles clockwise. That finding, however, was not supported by other researchers (Boake, Salmon & Carbone, 1983;Scheirs, 1990). Therefore, the stated hypothesis was that handedness would not influence directionality in circle production (Hypothesis 4).…”

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“…As has been stated above, previous studies that have examined handedness and directionality found significant differences between left-and right-handers in horizontal, but not in vertical directionality (Abercombie, Lindon, & Tyson, 1968;Connolly & Elliot, 1972;Glenn et al, 1995;Lehman & Goodnow, 1975;Scheirs, 1990). In accordance with these findings we assumed that left-handers would show a right to left directional preference, while the right-handers would draw horizontal lines from left to right (Hypothesis 2).…”

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“…Many researchers suggest that children's decisions concerning where to start, how to plan their movements, and what sequence to follow can influence their drawing significantly (Cox, 1992;Freeman, 1980;Thomas & Silk, 1990). Taking into account, the aforementioned difference between left-and righthanders (Glenn et al, 1995;Scheirs, 1990) that is observed in the directionality of lines, it was assumed that this difference can be lead to a differentiated sequencing and consequently to a differentiated drawing outcome. Therefore, the expected differentiation between left-and right-handed children's drawing performance was expected to be more robust in tasks in which planning and sequencing were considered to be important.…”

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“…Most relevant studies (Glenn, Bradshaw & Sharp, 1995;Scheirs, 1990) have concentrated on children's ability to copy simple shapes or to complete pre-drawn pictures (e.g., to add arms and legs to incomplete human figure drawings). The present investigation attempts to investigate children's ability to create: (a) familiar drawing topics and (b) scenes that require advanced drawing ability (e.g., the partial occlusion of an object by another).…”

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Left‐ and right‐handed children's drawing performance: Is there any difference?

Vlachos¹,

Bonoti²

2004

Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of hand preference on children's drawing development. An equal number of left- and right-handed children (N = 182), aged 7 to 12 years were asked to complete four different drawing tasks. During the drawing process, directionality of horizontal, vertical, and circular strokes as well as sequencing was recorded. Each drawing was scored according to the developmental stage to which is corresponded. It was found that drawing performance improved with age, irrespectively of hand preference and sex. In other words, left- and right-handers' drawing performance across the four tasks was not found to differ significantly. The only consistent difference between the two groups involved was in the production of horizontal lines. The results are discussed in terms of implications for questions about the lack of differences in left- and right-handed children's drawing performance.

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Left‐ and right‐handed children's drawing performance: Is there any difference?

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Bonoti²

2004

Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition

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“…Right-and left-handers differ, at least in a statistical basis, in the direction in which they draw profiles (Albers & Suchenwirth, 1979;De Agostini & Chokron, 2002;Hammer & Kaplan, 1964;Mäki, 1928;Scheirs, 1990), or circles (Van Sommers, 1984), and they also show different directions of spontaneous rotation (Ruisel, 1973;Bracha, Seitz, Otemaa, & Glick, 1987), although there are large individual differences, and of course motor asymmetries related to handedness may not reflect perceptual asymmetries. However, it is feasible that right and left-handers might have shown differences in their perception of the duckÁrabbit figure.…”

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