Linked Life Data

17558812

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/17558812

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
We recorded the direction of hair whorl rotation in samples of male right- and non-right-handers. The data corroborate those of Klar (2003) in showing equal numbers of clockwise and anti-clockwise whorls in non-right-handers but an excess of clockwise whorls in right-handers. The findings support the view that in some proportion of the population direction of coiling arises as a consequence of random events occurring during early (pre-natal) development of the nervous system, while in the remainder of the population there is a systematic bias towards a clockwise direction of rotation. The association with handedness implies that the latter is in a very large measure biologically rather than culturally determined.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1357-650X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
295-301
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Direction of hair whorl and handedness.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea, UK. a.a.beaton@swansea.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article