title: Handedness and hobby preference.
abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between handedness and hobby preference in healthy individuals. For this reason, the Annett handedness questionnaire and a standard questionnaire on preference for hobbies were administered to 879 healthy young men (age, M = 22.3, SD = 4.8 yr.). Analysis showed more cultured individuals were much less likely to be strongly right-handed. Especially, pure right-handedness highly overrepresented among those who mainly preferred doing sports, pure left-handedness among those who preferred reading books, collecting, or going to the cinema/theater, and mixed-handedness among those who preferred arts, like playing music, drawing, or handicraft. The findings support evidence that handedness is associated with hobby preference.
authors.affiliation: Tripolis Army Hospital, Greece. giotakos@tri.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: Orestis
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Giotakos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning; D002755:Choice Behavior; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006686:Hobbies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male