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Examining handedness and sex-related effects on line-bisection in childhood

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Asenova, Ivanka V.
Andonova-Tsvetanova, Yoanna R.

Abstract / Description

Eighty-eight Bulgarian children (range 5 – 7 years old), 40 left handers (18 boys) and 48 right handers (26 boys), completed line-bisection test one time with each hand. In accordance with previous studies the results show that the majority of children demonstrated deviation to the left of the true center with the left hand and to the right with the right hand, suggesting symmetrical neglect. Sex, handedness and their interaction had no main effect on mean percentage deviation scores at the group level, but only sex had a significant impact on the frequency of symmetrical neglect (p < .05), with higher one in girls than in boys.

Keyword(s)

sex handedness visual spatial attention line-bisection task preschool age

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Date of first publication

2019-04-30

Journal title

Psychological Thought

Volume

12

Issue

1

Page numbers

111–119

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

Publication status

publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Asenova, I. V., & Andonova-Tsvetanova, Y. R. (2019). Examining handedness and sex-related effects on line-bisection in childhood. Psychological Thought, 12(1), 111–119. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.311
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Asenova, Ivanka V.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Andonova-Tsvetanova, Yoanna R.
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2020-01-16T14:40:31Z
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    2020-01-16T14:40:31Z
  • Date of first publication
    2019-04-30
  • Abstract / Description
    Eighty-eight Bulgarian children (range 5 – 7 years old), 40 left handers (18 boys) and 48 right handers (26 boys), completed line-bisection test one time with each hand. In accordance with previous studies the results show that the majority of children demonstrated deviation to the left of the true center with the left hand and to the right with the right hand, suggesting symmetrical neglect. Sex, handedness and their interaction had no main effect on mean percentage deviation scores at the group level, but only sex had a significant impact on the frequency of symmetrical neglect (p < .05), with higher one in girls than in boys.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Asenova, I. V., & Andonova-Tsvetanova, Y. R. (2019). Examining handedness and sex-related effects on line-bisection in childhood. Psychological Thought, 12(1), 111–119. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.311
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  • ISSN
    2193-7281
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2311
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2697
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.311
  • Keyword(s)
    sex
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  • Keyword(s)
    handedness
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  • Keyword(s)
    visual spatial attention
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  • Keyword(s)
    line-bisection task
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  • Keyword(s)
    preschool age
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Examining handedness and sex-related effects on line-bisection in childhood
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Psychological Thought
  • Page numbers
    111–119
  • Volume
    12
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    Version of Record