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8004980

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
Questions about twin birth, sex, age and handedness for writing were asked as part of a survey of hearing disability (Davis, 1989) in a large sample of the adult population. The findings show unequivocally that the prevalence of left handedness is higher in twins than in the singleborn, in males than in females and in younger than in older adults. There was a marked and regular decline in the percentage of left writers with increasing age, but the effects for twinning and sex were evident in all of 7 age bands from 18 years to 80+. The findings are consistent with the assumption of the right shift theory of handedness (Annett, 1972, 1985) that the rs+ gene is expressed more strongly in females than in males, and in the singleborn than in twins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0010-9452
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Handedness as a function of twinning, age and sex.
pubmed:affiliation
MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article