Left-handedness: association with college major, familial sinistrality, allergies, and asthma.
366 juniors, seniors, and graduate students from seven departments at The Ohio State University were administered the 10-item Edinburgh Handedness Inventory and asked questions concerning familial handedness and personal incidence of allergies or asthma. The rate of left-handedness was 15.6% among the male students and 12.9% among the females. Maternal handedness was significantly related to female offspring handedness and to the incidence of allergies and asthma in both males and females. Departmental incidence of left-handedness ranged from a low of 7.5% (Microbiology) to a high of 21.7% (Law).
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Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Technology, School of Education and Human Development, California State University, Fresno 93740-0002.
D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D001249:Asthma / Q000235:genetics*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male