title: The fallacy of the argument for reduced longevity in left-handers.
abstract: The fallacy of the argument for reduced longevity in left-handers depends on the use of the writing hand in the assessment of the present generation of elderly people, when writing was not used as a criterion in the early years of the century. A 'thought' experiment demonstrates that a sample of left-handers is likely to be younger than a sample of right-handers alive in the population and this would be true also of the recently deceased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Annett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality