Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0239 |
| Title: | Handedness and birth stress |
| Author(s): | Bakan P, Dibb G, Reed P |
| Reference: | Neuropsychology 1973; 11: 363-366 |
| Place of Study: | Canada |
| Abstract: | The study involved giving a questionnaire to university students. Left handed and mixed handed individuals were twice as likely as right-handers to report complications when their mother was pregnant or when they were born. The ability of birth stressors to cause left handedness was much greater for males than for females. |
| Keyword(s): | birth complications, handedness, pregnancy complications |
| Discussion: | This is one of the first studies of handedness from a primal health research perspective |
| See Also: | No related entries mentioned for this entry |
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