title: Kissing laterality and handedness.
abstract: Kissing behaviour was observed between kissing couples: about 80% turned their heads to the right to kiss. To remove the influence of one kissing partner upon the other, kissing behaviour was also observed between participants and a symmetrical doll's face: about 77% turned their heads to the right to kiss. There was no significant difference in handedness between right- and left-kissers: both groups were predominantly right-kissers. It is thought that motor bias rather than emotive bias influences kissing behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Stranmillis University College, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Julian G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCullagh
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*