title: The handedness distributions of gifted and non-gifted children.
abstract: The handedness distribution of a group of 578 gifted elementary school children (I.Q. = 132) was compared to handedness distribution of 391 non-gifted children (I.Q. less than 132), with the result that the gifted group was significantly less right-handed than their non-gifted peers. These data were discussed relative to Bakan's hypothesis that left-handedness results from stressful prenatal and birth conditions. In addition attention was paid to the possibility of a non-linear relationship between intelligence and degree of right-handedness.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002672:Child, Gifted; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D013195:Stanford-Binet Test