[article]
| Titre : |
Using non-preferred hand skill to investigate pathological left-handedness in an unselected population |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
Dorothy V. M. BISHOP, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
1984 |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.214-226 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
This paper considers whether pathological influences affect hand-preference among children with epilepsy or mental retardation, for whom there is no evidence of gross motor defect. Data on two tasks of manual skill were analysed for a group of over 12,000 children. The predicted association between poor skill with the non-preferred hand and left-handedness was confirmed for the match-sorting test, and was particularly strong among children with a neurological abnormality (excluding cerebral palsy). No association between poor skill and left-handedness was found for the preferred hand. The data agreed well with a model which estimates hand preference it it occurs on the previously preferred side. The probability of pathological left-handedness among left-handers in an unselected population is about 0.05--this is much higher for children with a history of neurological disease, epilepsy or mental retardation, and for children with poor performance of the non-preferred hand. |
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in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 26-2 (April 1984) . - p.214-226
[article] Using non-preferred hand skill to investigate pathological left-handedness in an unselected population [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Dorothy V. M. BISHOP, Auteur . - 1984 . - p.214-226. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 26-2 (April 1984) . - p.214-226
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
This paper considers whether pathological influences affect hand-preference among children with epilepsy or mental retardation, for whom there is no evidence of gross motor defect. Data on two tasks of manual skill were analysed for a group of over 12,000 children. The predicted association between poor skill with the non-preferred hand and left-handedness was confirmed for the match-sorting test, and was particularly strong among children with a neurological abnormality (excluding cerebral palsy). No association between poor skill and left-handedness was found for the preferred hand. The data agreed well with a model which estimates hand preference it it occurs on the previously preferred side. The probability of pathological left-handedness among left-handers in an unselected population is about 0.05--this is much higher for children with a history of neurological disease, epilepsy or mental retardation, and for children with poor performance of the non-preferred hand. |
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Using non-preferred hand skill to investigate pathological left-handedness in an unselected population in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 26-2 (April 1984)