Handedness
and Incidence of Disease in a New Japanese Cohort
T. Hatta & A. Kawakami |
The
H. N. Handedness Inventory and a disease questionnaire were administered
to a sample of 1700 undergraduate students. There was no significant
relation between handedness and report of any immune disorders surveyed.
The incidence of stuttering was higher in non-right-handers than
in right-handers. The data provide partial support for Geschwind
and Galaburda's testosterone hypothesis that links left-handedness
to learning disorders, but not to immune disorders.
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