LateralityPub Date : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-08-21DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250074
Sebastian Ocklenburg, Jette Borawski, Annakarina Mundorf, Kerrin Riedel, Alexander Lischke
{"title":"Handedness and anxiety: a review.","authors":"Sebastian Ocklenburg, Jette Borawski, Annakarina Mundorf, Kerrin Riedel, Alexander Lischke","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250074","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Handedness is a core phenotype in clinical laterality research and several different disorders such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders have been linked to a higher prevalence of non-right-handedness. Moreover, subclinical personality traits like schizotypy have been linked to a higher prevalence of non-right-handedness. The association with handedness is poorly understood for generalized anxiety disorder and specific phobias, as well as for state and trait anxiety and fear of specific stimuli in nonclinical samples. Therefore, we performed a narrative review of studies investigating handedness in anxiety disorders patients and studies that compared anxiety scores between different handedness groups. Unlike schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders, there seems to be no strong association between anxiety disorders and handedness in adult patients, except for specific phobias. Studies often had small sample sizes and therefore a high risk to report spurious findings. Similar findings were reported in most non-clinical studies. Importantly, familial handedness affects phobia risk and antenatal maternal anxiety increased the probability of mixed-handedness. This suggests that a transgenerational, developmental perspective is essential to better understand the complex interrelations between handedness and anxiety. Familial and especially maternal handedness and anxiety disorders should be integrated into future studies on handedness and anxiety whenever possible.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"336-356"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10042090","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 : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-08-27DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250078
Ali Bahari, Jafar Hasani
{"title":"Both direction and degree of handedness as influential factors in rumination.","authors":"Ali Bahari, Jafar Hasani","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250078","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2250078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is contradictory evidence on the influence of handedness on depression and anxiety. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between handedness and rumination, which is robustly associated with both depression and anxiety. This study aimed to examine the influence of direction and consistency of handedness on rumination, considering four different classifications of handedness. The study sample included 406 participants (282 females) who attended an online survey and answered a demographic questionnaire, the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, the Ruminative Response Scale, and the second edition of the Beck Depression Inventory. Considering four different classifications of handedness, a series of one-way ANOVAs was conducted to investigate any differences between the handedness groups. Besides, linear regression models were used to predict depression or rumination scores among the whole study sample, left-handers, and right-handers. Consistency of handedness predicted rumination among right-handers (but not left-handers), with a direct association between consistency and brooding/total rumination scores. Also, consistent left-handers and consistent right-handers showed higher brooding scores than inconsistent right-handers. Overall, the results supported the significant influence of both direction and consistency of handedness on individual differences in rumination and suggested consistent- and left-handedness as perpetuating factors for ruminative response style.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"377-405"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10439684","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":"Greater resting frontal alpha asymmetry associated with higher emotional expressive flexibility.","authors":"Chenyu Shangguan, Yali Wang, Bingping Zhou, Jiamei Lu, Meixian Shan","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2228525","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2228525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emotional expressive flexibility (EEF) is an important social ability that has prompted scholars to examine its benefits to human mental health. However, the neural underpinnings of individual differences in the EEF remain unclear. In neuroscience, frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) is regarded as a sensitive indicator of certain emotional modalities and affective styles. To the best of our knowledge, no study has linked FAA with EEF to examine whether FAA could be a potential neural indicator of EEF. In the present study, 47 participants (<i>M</i><sub>age </sub>= 22.38 years, 55.3% women) underwent a resting electroencephalogram and completed the flexible regulation of emotional expression scale (FREE). The results revealed that after controlling for gender, resting FAA scores positively predicted EEF, with relative left frontal activity associated with higher EEF. Additionally, this prediction was reflected in both the enhancement and suppression dimensions of EEF. Furthermore, individuals with relative left frontal activity reported greater enhancement and EEF than individuals with relative right frontal activity. The present study indicated that FAA may be a neural marker of EEF. In the future, more empirical studies are needed to provide causal evidence that the improvement in FAA can enhance EEF.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"254-273"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9690272","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 : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-08-09DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2244732
Sangyub Kim, Kichun Nam
{"title":"Asymmetry in hemispheric strategies for visual recognition of homonyms.","authors":"Sangyub Kim, Kichun Nam","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2244732","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2244732","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The primary objective of this investigation was to explore the strategic asymmetry exhibited by the two hemispheres during semantic processing, specifically focusing on the visual recognition of homonyms. By utilizing balanced and unbalanced homonyms, we sought to ascertain whether foveal processing adheres to a specific hemisphere's strategy. In Experiment 1, we employed a visual half-field presentation paradigm to elucidate the unihemispheric strategy employed for homonym recognition. Notably, our results revealed a significant type effect, whereby responses were more accurate for unbalanced homonyms compared to balanced homonyms, particularly in the LVF/RH. This outcome suggests that the RH exhibits a stronger activation of the dominant meaning, primarily driven by frequency, while the LH concurrently activates all candidate meanings of homonyms with comparable intensity. Building upon these insights, Experiment 2 involved the presentation of both homonym types within the foveal vision, leading to the identification of a significant type effect and providing evidence for the robust utilization of the RH strategy during foveal homonym recognition. Collectively, these findings delineate an asymmetric strategy employed during semantic processing across the hemispheres, with the RH assuming a dominant role in the semantic processing of foveal words.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"305-335"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10020579","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 : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-06-27DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2226890
Zhujun Pan, Qun Fang, Deborah M Watson, Arend W A Van Gemmert, Christopher A Aiken
{"title":"Aging reduces manual dexterity and force production asymmetries between the hands.","authors":"Zhujun Pan, Qun Fang, Deborah M Watson, Arend W A Van Gemmert, Christopher A Aiken","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2226890","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2226890","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Age-related effects on motor asymmetry provide insight into changes in cortical activation during aging. To investigate potential changes in manual performance associated with aging, we conducted the Jamar hand function test and the Purdue Pegboard test on young and older adults. All tests indicated reduced motor asymmetry in the older group. Further analysis suggested that a significant decline in dominant (right) hand function resulted in less asymmetric performance in older adults. The finding is inconsistent with the application of the HAROLD model in the motor domain, which assumes improved performance in the non-dominant hand, leading to a reduction of motor asymmetry in older adults. Based on the manual performance in young and older adults, it is suggested that aging reduces manual asymmetry in both force production and manual dexterity due to the reduced performance of the dominant hand.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"239-253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9690273","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 : 2023-07-01Epub Date: 2023-07-31DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2234636
Aron Laxdal, Sveinn Þorgeirsson, Jose M Saavedra, Ólafur Sigurgeirsson, Andreas Ivarsson
{"title":"Are they all born to score? The relationship between throwing arm and scoring from the 7-meter line in semi-professional handball.","authors":"Aron Laxdal, Sveinn Þorgeirsson, Jose M Saavedra, Ólafur Sigurgeirsson, Andreas Ivarsson","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2234636","DOIUrl":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2234636","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>Indications of laterall biases favouring left-handers have been found in various sports; especially interactive sports where the athletes have limited time to react to incoming objects. The aim of this study was therefore to explore whether any lateral biases exist in handball by examining 7-meter shots. A total of 6846 7-meter throws from 240 7-meter shooters across four seasons in the semi-professional Icelandic elite handball division (male and female) were analyzed. Out of the 240 7-meter shooters, of which 151 were male and 89 were female, 22% were left-handed (22% of the males and 20% of the females). The left-handed 7-meter shooters took a disproportionate number of the 7-meter shots, with left-handed shooters performing 29% of the 7-meter shots (27% in the male league and 33% in the female league). The results of a Bayesian two-level analysis indicated that left-handedness is not associated with greater success from the 7-meter line at the semi-professional level.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":" ","pages":"274-284"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9911288","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 : 2023-06-02DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2220485
S. Ocklenburg
{"title":"How handedness shapes lived experience, intersectionality, and inequality","authors":"S. Ocklenburg","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2220485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2220485","url":null,"abstract":"training today, we will probably never see the like of him again. It’s hard to know what younger folk will make of this lovely volume compared to someone of my vintage. Equal parts autobiography, history, and neuropsychology, what is not to adore? But do young academics have the time or inclination, dear Reader, to read books, let alone book reviews? I dearly hope so. Adventures is worth every penny, pence and second. And then some. P.S. Its pretty good on handedness too.","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":"32 1","pages":"408 - 414"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73254910","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 : 2023-05-25DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2214972
D. Carey
{"title":"Happy (and not so happy) accidents in psychology and psychological science (with jokes about concrete)","authors":"D. Carey","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2214972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2214972","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":"27 1","pages":"406 - 408"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79162372","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 : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2204551
Annakarina Mundorf, Stephan Getzmann, Patrick D Gajewski, Mauro F Larra, Edmund Wascher, Sebastian Ocklenburg
{"title":"Stress exposure, hand preference, and hand skill: A deep phenotyping approach.","authors":"Annakarina Mundorf, Stephan Getzmann, Patrick D Gajewski, Mauro F Larra, Edmund Wascher, Sebastian Ocklenburg","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2204551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2204551","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>Stress exposure and reactivity may show differential associations with handedness, but shallow phenotyping may influence the current knowledge. Importantly, different handedness measures do not necessarily show high correlations with each other and should not be used interchangeably as they may reflect different dimensions of laterality. Here, data on handedness from 599 participants in the population-based, longitudinal Dortmund Vital Study was used to determine various asymmetry indices. Hand preference was assessed with the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI) and the lateral preference inventory (LPI) measuring handedness, footedness, earedness, and eyedness. Hand performance was determined using the pegboard test. In addition, data on several dimensions of stress exposure and reactivity, including hair cortisol, and mental well-being was analysed to determine associations with handedness. All handedness measures correlated significantly with each other, with the strongest correlation between the EHI and the LPI handedness score. The EHI and LPI hand measures resulted in the highest effect sizes and most consistent correlations with stress or mental well-being. In contrast, the pegboard test only showed very little association with the stress and mental well-being measures. This highlights the importance of handedness phenotyping. Including preference measures is recommended to disentangle the link between handedness and mental health.</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":"28 2-3","pages":"209-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9603636","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 : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2023.2199965
Alex G Stewart, Alan R Millard
{"title":"The sinister story of a gauche deliverer and his corrie-fisted tribesmen: Ehud and the left-handed artillery.","authors":"Alex G Stewart, Alan R Millard","doi":"10.1080/1357650X.2023.2199965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2199965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bias against left-handers is well-documented and seen in the etymology of \"left\" and \"right\" in most languages. The subject of this study, Ehud, lived between the exodus of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt and the establishment of the Israelite kingdom (c1200-1000 BC), at the transition between the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age 1. His left-handedness was crucial to his deliverance of the proto-nation from tyranny, recorded in Judges in the Hebrew Bible. The description of Ehud as left-handed (<i>'iṭṭēr yaḏ-yεmînô</i>) is used once more in the Hebrew Bible, also in Judges, to describe the artillery of Ehud's tribe. The words apparently mean \"bound/restricted in the right hand\", sometimes interpreted as \"ambidextrous\". This is unlikely: ambidexterity is uncommon. The artillery used the sling with either hand, but Ehud used his left (<i>śεm'ōl</i>) hand to draw his sword. <i>śεm'ōl</i>, used throughout the Hebrew Bible, means left, without bias or derogatory implications. We suggest that '<i>iṭṭēr yaḏ-yεmînô</i> was a right-handed bias towards left-handed people, but Ehud's left-handed victory was recognized as significant. Significant enough that (a) the language changed and the biased description was dropped in favour of simple description, and (b) the army changed with the development of left-handed slingers (artillery).</p>","PeriodicalId":47387,"journal":{"name":"Laterality","volume":"28 2-3","pages":"192-208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9605519","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}