title: Sex and handedness differences in eye-hand visual reaction times in handball players.
abstract: Sex and handedness differences in the eye-dominant hand, the right eye-right hand and the left eye-left hand visual reaction times were studied in 270 right-handed and 56 left -handed young handball players. Reaction time was assessed by a software package. All visual reaction times were longer in women than in men. In the eye-dominant hand and the left eye- left hand visual reaction times, the left-handers had a superiority over the right handers, but there was no difference between the right eye-right hand visual reaction times of the right- and left-handers. In right-handers, all visual reaction times were longer in women than in men, but there was no sex difference in left-handers. The results suggest that left-handed players have probably an intrinsic neurological advantage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. senoldane@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dane
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erzurumluoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*