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Liu, Ting; Jensen, Jody L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2012
Bilateral asymmetry, a form of limb laterality in the context of moving two limbs, emerges in childhood. Children and adults show lateral preference in tasks that involve the upper and lower limbs. The importance of research in limb laterality is the insight it could provide about lateralized functions of the cerebral hemispheres. Analyzing…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Age Differences, Physical Activities, Task Analysis
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Ghanizadeh, Ahmad – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: Findings about the association of left-handedness and ADHD are inconsistent. While abnormal brain laterality is reported in children with ADHD, it is unclear if hand preference is associated with ADHD, severity symptoms, age, gender, comorbid psychiatric problems, or parental characteristics. Method: Subjects were 520 boys and girls…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handedness, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Brain
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Sawyer, C. E.; And Others – Educational Review, 1979
This study sought to replicate findings from a clinical sample of boys with two normal day school samples, ages 9-10 and 13-14. Results showed a significant interaction effect only for the older group. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Correlation, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Anderson, S. J.; And Others – 1985
A study of differential brain hemisphere involvement in second language acquisition is reported. The study examined the idea that the right hemisphere is progressively more involved the later the second language is acquired. Various techniques for monitoring hemispheric functioning are described, especially the Evoked Potential (EP) technique. In…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Afrikaans, Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions