Human Lateralization from Head to Foot: Sex-Related Factors.

Levy, Jerre; Levy, Jerome M.

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ERIC Number: EJ185803

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Publication Date: 1978

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Human Lateralization from Head to Foot: Sex-Related Factors

Levy, Jerre; Levy, Jerome M.

Science, 200, 4347, 1291-2, Jun 78

Provides findings of a study in which it was found that asymmetries in the size of the two feet were strongly related to sex and handedness; right-handed males having larger right feet and right-handed females having larger left feet, the reverse being seen in non-right-handed individuals. Differences were apparent in children even younger than six years. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: Children, Human Body, Individual Differences, Lateral Dominance, Physical Characteristics, Prenatal Influences, Scientific Research, Sex Differences

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