title: Handedness, eyedness, and crossed hand-eye dominance in male and female patients with migraine with and without aura: a pilot study.
abstract: The possible relationships of migraine to left-handedness and left-eyedness, as well as sex and aura-related differences, were examined. 146 migraine patients (M age=32.1 yr., SD=9.5) and 141 controls (M age=30.0 yr., SD=9.3) participated. Hand preference was assessed by the modified version of the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. Ocular dominance was measured by means of the near-far alignment test. Migraine diagnoses were made on the basis of criteria provided from the International Headache Society. In the overall sample and in women, left-handedness and left-eyedness were not significantly correlated with migraine. In men, the incidence of left-handedness and left-eyedness were significantly higher in patients than in controls. The presence of aura in patients with migraine was significantly associated with the incidence of left-eyedness and crossed hand-eye dominance, but not handedness, for the total sample and women. These results suggest that there may be a tendency towards anomalous dominance, especially left-eyedness, in migraine patients particularly those with aura.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk University.
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aygül
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dane
authors.forename: Hizir
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulvi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005123:Eye; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic