Handedness not a Function of Birth Order
IT has been suggested 1 on the basis of a survey of 648 university students (95 left handed = 14.7%) that handedness is a function of birth order and that left handedness may be caused by neurological insults associated with prenatal or birth trauma. I here report a similar survey of 974 university...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nature (London) 1971-07, Vol.232 (5308), p.276-277 |
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Zusammenfassung: | IT has been suggested
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on the basis of a survey of 648 university students (95 left handed = 14.7%) that handedness is a function of birth order and that left handedness may be caused by neurological insults associated with prenatal or birth trauma. I here report a similar survey of 974 university students (141 left handed =14.5%). |
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ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
DOI: | 10.1038/232276a0 |