HANDEDNESS AND INCIDENCE OF DISEASE IN A NEW JAPANESE COHORT

Authors
HATTA T KAWAKAMI A
Citation
T. Hatta et A. Kawakami, HANDEDNESS AND INCIDENCE OF DISEASE IN A NEW JAPANESE COHORT, Psychologia, 37(3), 1994, pp. 188-193
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332852
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
188 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2852(1994)37:3<188:HAIODI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The H.N. Handedness Inventory and a disease questionnaire were adminis tered to a sample of 1700 undergraduate students. There was no signifi cant relation between handedness and report of any immune disorders su rveyed. The incidence of stuttering was higher in non-right-handers th an in right-handers. The data provide partial support for Geschwind an d Galaburda's testosterone hypothesis that links left-handedness to le arning disorders, but not to immune disorders.