title: Left-handers' sensitivity to hand usage: theoretical note on saliency in the self-concept.
abstract: Etaugh and Brausam (1978) reported that left-handers were more sensitive than right-handers to hand usage by figures in a picture. Their interpretation emphasizes particular social experiences of left-handers. We propose a theoretically broader explanation--that there are general tendencies to characterize the self in terms of characteristics that are distinctive relative to others and to note in others those qualities salient in the self-concept.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012938:Social Perception