The relationship of perinatal birth status to handedness
A prospective study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11276443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathan A Fox (0000-0003-4452-4503, University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 175-184 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Infant Mental Health Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-9641 • E-ISSN: 1097-0355 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1097-0355(198523)6:3<175::aid-imhj2280060308>3.0.co;2-0 |
| OpenAlex | W1976734167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
As part of a longitudinal study of the consequences of high risk birth, 66 infants born to right-handed parents were given two unimanual tasks at 24 months of age to assess their hand preference. The 66 infants had been assigned to one of four diagnostic categories at birth: Premature with no postnatal medical complications; premature and having experienced respiratory distress; term and having experienced birth asphyxia during labor and delivery; term with normal delivery and postnatal course. Results of the handedness tasks revealed an increased incidence of use of the left hand among the term infants who underwent birth asphyxia and among the healthy preterm infants. The data indicate that timing of birth stress may play an important role in the ontogeny of pathological left-handedness.
Anesthesia · Asphyxia · Developmental psychology · Full Term · Gestational age · Incidence (geometry) · Longitudinal study · Obstetrics · Perinatal asphyxia · Pregnancy · Premature birth · Prospective cohort study · Respiratory distress · Child and Animal Learning Development · Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Medicine · Psychology · Surgery · Pediatrics
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |