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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between handedness and cognitive function varies across studies, perhaps partly due to the many medical and psychiatric conditions with known cognitive impact. This study examined cognitive performance in 643 healthy individuals (age 5-82) who were categorized as strongly right-handed, moderately right-handed, or left/mixed-handed. Cognitive differences emerged, as left/mixed-handed individuals demonstrating superior psychomotor speed and cognitive flexibility, and strongly and moderately right-handed individuals exhibiting better time estimation skills. No interaction-among handedness, sex, and age were found. These findings indicate cognitive differences associated with handedness exist independent of medical and psychiatric confounds. Further work is needed to clarify these findings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0020-7454
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
477-85
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Handedness and cognition across the healthy lifespan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA. jgunstad@kent.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article