The development of laterality
Systems Research and Behavioral SciencePublished 1 October 1983
Ira B. Perelle, Lee Ehrman
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It is proposed that there for three etiologies of lefthandedness in human beings: pathological, natural, and learned.
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Experimental data, primarily from experiments with Drosophila, and observational data, primarily from human beings, are presented to show if their is a genetic basis for laterality. The evidence was found to be inconclusive. It is proposed that there for three etiologies of lefthandedness in human beings: pathological, natural, and learned.
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