Right-Handedness: A Consequence of Infant Supine Head-Orientation Preference?
- 8 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 212 (4495), 685-687
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7221558
Abstract
Most newborn infants (65 percent) preferred to lie with their heads turned to the right, whereas 15 percent showed a distinct preference for the left. Orientation preference is maintained for at least 2 months and predicts preferential hand use in reaching tasks at both 16 and 22 weeks. Right head-orientation preference in early infancy may contribute to the early development of right-handedness.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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