Article
Strength, But Not Direction, of Handedness Is Related to Height
Open Journal of Medical Psychology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2013
Disciplines
Abstract
Left-handers are reputed to be shorter than right-handers. However, previous research has confounded handedness direction (left- versus right-handedness) with handedness strength (consistency with which one hand is chosen across a variety of tasks; consistent- versus inconsistent-handedness). Here, we support a relationship between handedness strength, but not direction, and stature, with increasing inconsistent-handedness associated with increasing self-reported height.
Comments
This article is Open Access and distributed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.
DOI
10.4236/ojmp.2013.24025
Published Citation
Propper, Ruth E., Tad T. Brunye, Karly Hrank, and Sean E. McGraw. "Strength, But Not Direction, of Handedness Is Related to Height." Open Journal of Medical Psychology 2, no. 04 (2013): 166.
Citation Information
Ruth E. Propper, Tad T. Brunyé, Karly Frank and Sean E. McGraw. "Strength, But Not Direction, of Handedness Is Related to Height" Open Journal of Medical Psychology (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ruth-propper/4/