[article]
| Titre : |
Handedness, clumsiness and cognitive ability |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
Dorothy V. M. BISHOP, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
1980 |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.569-579 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
An unselected group of 170 children aged between eight and nine years was given tests of intelligence, reading ability and manual dexterity. A 'target' group of children was selected on the basis of very poor performance with the non-preferred hand. Using an extension of Satz's pathological left-handedness model, it is argued that there should be a higher proportion of left-handers in the target group than in the remainder of the sample: this prediction was confirmed. It was also predicted that the target group should have a higher incidence of neurological disorder, and that left-handers in the target group should have a lower incidence of familial sinistrality than other left-handers. Partial confirmation of these predictions was obtained. The target group was impaired on cognitive tasks. It is argued that skill with the non-preferred hand may be more meaningful than direction of hand preference as a basis for understanding relationships between handedness and ability. |
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in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 22-5 (October 1980) . - p.569-579
[article] Handedness, clumsiness and cognitive ability [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Dorothy V. M. BISHOP, Auteur . - 1980 . - p.569-579. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 22-5 (October 1980) . - p.569-579
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
An unselected group of 170 children aged between eight and nine years was given tests of intelligence, reading ability and manual dexterity. A 'target' group of children was selected on the basis of very poor performance with the non-preferred hand. Using an extension of Satz's pathological left-handedness model, it is argued that there should be a higher proportion of left-handers in the target group than in the remainder of the sample: this prediction was confirmed. It was also predicted that the target group should have a higher incidence of neurological disorder, and that left-handers in the target group should have a lower incidence of familial sinistrality than other left-handers. Partial confirmation of these predictions was obtained. The target group was impaired on cognitive tasks. It is argued that skill with the non-preferred hand may be more meaningful than direction of hand preference as a basis for understanding relationships between handedness and ability. |
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https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=513 |
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Handedness, clumsiness and cognitive ability in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 22-5 (October 1980)