title: Birth complications and the distribution of handedness.
abstract: In an attempt to clarify the relationship between self-reported birth complications and handedness, the handedness distributions of 181 college students who reported birth complications and 1320 students who reported no complications were compared. The results suggest a clear but modest shift in the birth complications group away from the dextral end of the continuum. However these data did not validate the hypothesis that left-handedness results from birth complications.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases