Limb preference in animals: new insights into the evolution of manual laterality in hominids

G Boulinguez-Ambroise, J Aychet, E Pouydebat - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Until the 1990s, the notion of brain lateralization—the division of labor between the two
hemispheres—and its more visible behavioral manifestation, handedness, remained fiercely …

Hand preference in adults' referential gestures during storytelling: Testing for effects of bilingualism, language ability, sex and age

E Nicoladis, S Shirazi - Symmetry, 2021 - mdpi.com
Previous studies have shown that gestures are mediated by the left hemisphere. The
primary purpose of this study was to test whether most gestures are also asymmetrical, ie …

[PDF][PDF] Lateralization left out: the interconnections between language, motor skills, executive function, and social skills in preschool children

NA van Rootselaar - 2024 - opus.uleth.ca
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the role of hand preference in preschool development
using comprehensive measures to assess five dimensions: lateralized hand use, language …

Hand preference in children's referential gestures during storytelling: Testing for effects of bilingualism, language ability, age, and sex

E Nicoladis, H Gourlay - International Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Adults, preschool children, and infants gesture more with their right hand than with their left
hand. Since gestures and speech are related in production, it is possible that this right-hand …