LateralityPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-11DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2577355
Haiwen Chen, Anne M Aimola Davies
{"title":"Individual differences in hemispheric asymmetry for global-local processing in young and older adults.","authors":"Haiwen Chen, Anne M Aimola Davies","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2577355","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2577355","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The two hemispheres of the brain demonstrate functional asymmetry for global-local processing, with global processing specialised in the right hemisphere and local processing specialised in the left hemisphere. Previous research indicates that hemispheric asymmetry remains intact with age, despite older adults demonstrating worse overall performance for global processing. Participants (127 young, 58 older) completed a hierarchical-figures task using a divided visual field design - stimuli presented briefly to the left or right visual field, such that information was initially processed by the contralateral hemisphere. At the group level: (1) young and older participants demonstrated better performance for global hierarchical figures presented to the left visual field (right-hemisphere global specialisation) and for local hierarchical figures presented to the right visual field (left-hemisphere local specialisation); (2) older participants demonstrated worse overall performance only for global hierarchical figures when compared to young participants. At the individual level, while approximately half the participants demonstrated the predicted pattern of hemispheric asymmetry (right-hemisphere global specialisation; left-hemisphere local specialisation), there were subgroups of participants who demonstrated different patterns. Our findings indicate individual differences in hemispheric asymmetry exist for global-local processing in right-handed participants, and that this may explain the inconsistent findings in group-level studies with small sample sizes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"136-167"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145726657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2497570
Tatiana Bolgina, Svetlana Malyutina, Roeland Hancock, Grigory Ignatyev, Maria Ivanova, Vadim Ushakov, Victoria Zinchenko, Olga Dragoy
{"title":"Functional language lateralization during sentence completion in the healthy brain is not associated with the quantitative estimate of familial sinistrality.","authors":"Tatiana Bolgina, Svetlana Malyutina, Roeland Hancock, Grigory Ignatyev, Maria Ivanova, Vadim Ushakov, Victoria Zinchenko, Olga Dragoy","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2497570","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2497570","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Familial sinistrality (left-handedness) has been suggested as a proxy for functional language lateralization in the healthy adult brain. Previous studies show that individuals with familial sinistrality tend to have less lateralized language-related brain activation, while individuals without familial sinistrality show greater left-hemispheric lateralization for language. However, familial sinistrality trait has always been treated as a binary categorical variable. In this study a more sensitive quantitative estimate of familial sinistrality (LH load) has been modelled in 39 participants with different direction and degree of handedness by applying a standard genetic multifactorial model. This LH load was tested for an association with functional language lateralization based on an fMRI sentence completion task. Using frequentist and Bayesian statistical frameworks, the association between LH load and language lateralization was not confirmed. The findings of the present research suggest that a quantitative measure of familial sinistrality is not related to individual language representation in the brain measured by a sentence completion fMRI paradigm. However, considering the context of our study and previous research we suggest that familial sinistrality being related to personal handedness could drive functional language lateralization through it.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"4-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2466958
Markus Hausmann, Lesley Rogers, René Westerhausen
{"title":"Celebrating 30 years of <i>Laterality</i>: A new chapter begins.","authors":"Markus Hausmann, Lesley Rogers, René Westerhausen","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2466958","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2466958","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143460082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-05-08DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2501089
Paul Rodway, Astrid Schepman
{"title":"Side preferences in human dyads when walking: the influence of country, threat, handedness, and sex.","authors":"Paul Rodway, Astrid Schepman","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2501089","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2501089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>In several species, lateral position preferences have been observed in pair mates, mother-infant dyads, and during agonistic interactions. This research examined side preferences in human dyads in an observational study and survey. We observed 1236 male-female pairs walking in the UK and found a bias for males to walk on the right side of the pair, which did not depend on hand-holding, or walking during daylight or darkness. The survey measured side preferences in 798 participants (398 left-handed, 411 right-handed), from the UK (402) and USA (396). Participants chose a side to walk when walking with their partner, or alone, in various threatening/non-threatening scenes. Threat did not influence preference in walking couples, but males, when passing a threatening stranger, preferred the best combat side for their handedness. Country and handedness also influenced preferences. Left-handers preferred the left side and right-handers preferred the right side, and USA participants exhibited a more rightward preference than UK participants. The pattern of preference for each country was equivalent, showing independent influences of handedness and cultural learning. Overall, the results suggest that males and females prefer the side that allows their dominant hand to be on the outside of the dyad.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"24-51"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144050128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-08-02DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2535353
Clara C Stein, Boris Schiffer, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Julian Packheiser
{"title":"Pedophilia and hand preference: A meta-analysis.","authors":"Clara C Stein, Boris Schiffer, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Julian Packheiser","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2535353","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2535353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pedophilic disorder has been linked to neurodevelopmental differences in diagnosed individuals. One common biomarker for atypical neurodevelopment are elevated levels of atypical handedness as individuals with several neurodevelopmental disorders show increased levels of left-, mixed-, or non-right-hand preference. A few primary studies have indicated that atypical handedness could also be more prevalent in pedophilia and child sexual offenders. However, individual studies are prone to sampling biases. A comprehensive synthesis of the literature on this topic is still missing. In this pre-registered study, we performed a meta-analysis on <i>k</i> = 14 studies that were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar (until January 2025). These 14 studies measured hand preference in <i>n</i> = 1245 individuals with pedophilia and child sexual offenders and <i>n</i> = 5703 controls. We found evidence against higher rates of atypical handedness irrespective of handedness classification using random-effects frequentist and robust Bayesian meta-analyses. There was no evidence of heterogeneity nor small-study or publication bias across analyses. These results suggest that atypical handedness is not suited to serve as a biomarker for pedophilia.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"52-77"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144769186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artistic turns: laterality in paintings of kisses and embraces","authors":"Gianluca Malatesta, Giulia Prete, Anita D’Anselmo, Chiara Lucafò, Luca Tommasi","doi":"10.1080/1357650x.2024.2399352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650x.2024.2399352","url":null,"abstract":"Many lateral biases exist in human behavior, often implicit and not deliberated. Romantic kissing and embracing received experimental attention in the last three decades. We investigated laterality...","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":"65 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142217005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-11-25DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2024.2430964
Incé A Husain, Kayla A Millar, Daniel Voyer
{"title":"Dichotic listening with syllables: Effects of forced attention.","authors":"Incé A Husain, Kayla A Millar, Daniel Voyer","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2024.2430964","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2024.2430964","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study compares results from three dichotic listening experiments involving different methods of attention control. In each experiment, participants completed a dichotic listening task requiring two responses to syllables and we noted the order of report for the responses. In Experiment 1, participants reported from a specific ear first in trial blocks. In Experiment 2, an arrow cue indicated the ear of first report. In Experiment 3, a tone was presented to the ear of first report. Free recall in which participants reported the two syllables in any order was also included as a baseline. Results indicated a tendency to report from the right ear first in free recall, producing more reports from that ear, reflecting a right ear advantage (REA). In all cueing conditions, an overall REA emerged but it shifted to a left ear advantage (LEA: more reports from the left ear) when the left ear was cued. Additionally, larger laterality scores ([Right - Left]/[Right + Left]) for the conditions where the right ear was cued, relative to where the left ear was cued, suggests that attention control is limited in overriding the structural auditory asymmetries. We discuss the implications of these results for models of dichotic listening.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"463-486"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2025-01-20DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2452446
Maria Campo Redondo, Laura Gamboa, Gabriel Andrade
{"title":"The Perceived Handism Discrimination Scale (PHDS): Development and factor analysis.","authors":"Maria Campo Redondo, Laura Gamboa, Gabriel Andrade","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2452446","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2452446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While discrimination based on race, gender, and other factors is well-documented, the discrimination faced by left-handed individuals is often overlooked. To address this gap, a study developed the Perceived Handism Discrimination Scale (PHDS) to assess how left-handed people perceive discrimination related to their hand preference. The original questionnaire consisted of 20 items using a 7-point Likert scale and was evaluated by experts using Lawshe's methodology. After refinement, the scale was reduced to 12 items, and further analysis through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with two separate samples (n=200 each) led to a final scale of 10 items clustered around two significant factors: cultural and individual dimensions of perceived handism discrimination. The PHDS demonstrated good psychometric properties, including reliability and statistical significance in factor analyses. However, the fit of the assumptions underlying EFA and CFA was not ideal, suggesting that further refinement is needed. Despite this, the PHDS represents a valuable tool for identifying perceived handism discrimination, ultimately aiming to inform policies that mitigate its effects in society.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"504-526"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2025-04-19DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2025.2493184
Valerio Manippa, Anna Concetta Spina, Ester Cornacchia, Gianluca Malatesta, Giorgia Francesca Scaramuzzi, Linda Semeraro, Alessia De Benedictis, Davide Rivolta, Paolo Taurisano
{"title":"Asymmetries run deep: the interplay between cradling bias, face recognition, autistic traits, and personality.","authors":"Valerio Manippa, Anna Concetta Spina, Ester Cornacchia, Gianluca Malatesta, Giorgia Francesca Scaramuzzi, Linda Semeraro, Alessia De Benedictis, Davide Rivolta, Paolo Taurisano","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2493184","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2025.2493184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Personality traits are linked to a variety of cognitive and socio-emotional factors, including lateralization patterns. Autism, prosopagnosia, and atypical cradling have been associated with altered lateralization and socio-emotional processing. This study explores how autism traits, cradling-side preferences, and face recognition abilities relate to individual personality differences. Three-hundred neurotypical adults (150 males) completed an online survey including the imaged cradling preference and three validated questionnaires: the Autism spectrum Quotient (AQ), Prosopagnosia Index-20 (PI-20), and the Big Five Personality Questionnaire (BFQ). Results showed a strong left-cradling bias (LCB) unaffected by sex, handedness, parental status, autism traits, or face recognition abilities. AQ negatively predicted Extraversion, Agreeableness, Emotional Stability, and Openness. LCB correlated with higher Agreeableness and moderated the negative association between AQ and Extraversion. These findings suggest a potential link between cradling preferences, autism traits, and personality, possibly reflecting reduced right-hemisphere specialization in emotional processing and social behaviour.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"555-573"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LateralityPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2025-01-15DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2024.2387336
Stephen D Christman
{"title":"I Want To Know Your Hand (-edness): on the roles of the left versus right hands in playing musical instruments (by way of the Beatles).","authors":"Stephen D Christman","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2024.2387336","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2024.2387336","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An analysis of the handedness of the four members of the British rock band The Beatles is presented. Implications for the roles of the left and right hands in the playing of different musical instruments, for the roles of the left versus right hemispheres in song writing, and for the Beatle's legacy in popular culture are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"596-607"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}