title: What affects facing direction in human facial profile drawing? A meta-analytic inquiry.
abstract: Two meta-analyses were conducted to examine two potential sources of spatial orientation biases in human profile drawings by brain-intact individuals. The first examined profile facing direction as function of hand used to draw. The second examined profile facing direction in relation to directional scanning biases related to reading/writing habits. Results of the first meta-analysis, based on 27 study samples with 4171 participants, showed that leftward facing of profiles (from the viewer's perspective) was significantly associated with using the right hand to draw. The reading/writing direction meta-analysis, based on 10 study samples with 1552 participants, suggested a modest relationship between leftward profile facing and primary use of a left-to-right reading/writing direction. These findings suggest that biomechanical and cultural factors jointly influence hand movement preferences and in turn the direction of facing of human profile drawings.
authors: Sümeyra
authors: S
authors: Tosun
authors: Jyotsna
authors: J
authors: Vaid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001154:Art; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005145:Face; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation; D011932:Reading; D065855:Spatial Processing; D014956:Writing