Handedness and Birth Order: A Critical Note on a Critical Note

Perceptual and Motor SkillsPublished 1 April 1978

Paul Bakan

DOI10.2466/pms.1978.46.2.556

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It is shown that differences between the samples studied are likely in saio-economic level, infant mortality, and rate of pregnancy and birth complications, which are crucial in determining whether or not a relationship exists between birth order and handedness.

Abstract

This paper considers the state prediction of chaotic behaviour using a master-slave synchronization scheme. In this paper, we consider the robust convergency of the prediction error of anticipating synchronization of nonlinear systems with model uncertainties and sufficient conditions for anticipatory synchronization are derived. The effectiveness of the obtained result is illustrated by a simulation example.

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It is suggested that deviations from the norm of right-handedness result from effects of left hemisphere cerebral anoxia associated with birth stress and those who are first born to older mothers, a group subject to birth stress, are prone to left- handedness and ambilaterality.

NatureHandedness and Birth Order

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The frequency of left-handedness is greater in males and in twin births, both of which are also associated with greater birth and infant mortality and, in the case of males, a higher rate of spontaneous abortion, and the pre-natal and peri-natal periods seem to be more stressful for these groups.

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Left-handedness is seen as a result of left hemisphere pyramidal motor dysfunction following perinatal hypoxia and is seen in first and late births (4 or later).

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There was no increase in the percentage of left-handers resulting from high-risk pregnancies, nor was left-handedness disproportionately represented in subjects who reported their mothers as having had pregnancy complications.

NatureHandedness not a Function of Birth Order

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It is suggested that handedness is a function of birth order and that left handedness may be caused by neurological insults associated with prenatal or birth trauma.

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To achieve a more powerful test of this relationship than has been provided by any single study, the data from the five studies which have considered it were pooled and tested and the resulting correlation between birth order and handedness was near zero.

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