MATHEMATICAL ABILITY AND THE RIGHT-SHIFT THEORY OF HANDEDNESS

被引：8

作者：

WHITTINGTON, JE ^{[1
]}

RICHARDS, PN ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV BATH,SCH EDUC,BATH BA2 7AY,AVON,ENGLAND

来源：

NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA | 1991年 / 29卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1016/0028-3932(91)90077-L

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

A genetic theory of handedness, the right-shift theory, associates differential patterns of cerebral functioning with contrasting handedness groups and suggests that individuals with an rs+ + genotype will be disadvantaged in mathematical performance. This hypothesis is investigated with contrasting handedness groups drawn from a national sample of over 11 000 children from the National Child Development Study. Some differentiation in cognitive performance between handedness groups is found in the direction predicted by the right-shift theory but the level of the findings is not statistically significant. The rs+ + mathematical deficit by hypothesis is not confirmed.

引用

页码：1075 / 1082

页数：8

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