Letter to the Editor: Left-handedness and rTMS for auditory verbal hallucinations: Should left-handers be treated the same as right-handers?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2018.04.004
Abstract: Article history: Received 18 January 2018 Received in revised form 30 March 2018 Accepted 3 April 2018 Available online xxxx language-associated regions. In healthy subjects aswell as schizophrenia patients, a significant reduction in left hemispheric… read more here.
Keywords: letter editor; right handers; rtms auditory; handedness rtms ... See more keywords
Left-handedness is associated with greater fighting success in humans
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51975-3
Abstract: Left-handedness is a costly, sexually dimorphic trait found at low frequencies in all human populations. How the handedness polymorphism is maintained is unclear. The fighting hypothesis argues that left-handed men have a negative frequency-dependent advantage… read more here.
Keywords: handed fighters; left handedness; left handed; fighting success ... See more keywords
Left-handedness in UK cardiology training
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DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321626
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Only 9%–18% of individuals are lefthanded. Historically, lefthandedness has been considered undesirable with attempts to alter hand dominance in lefthanded individuals. Systematic biases in medicine favour righthanded individuals. This may be particularly pronounced in… read more here.
Keywords: cardiology training; training; cardiology; left handedness ... See more keywords
Evaluating the Association Between Genetically Proxied Neurodevelopmental Language Phenotypes and the Risk of Primary Progressive Aphasia
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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207136
Abstract: Background and Objectives Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome of progressive language decline. PPA has 3 main subtypes: logopenic, semantic, and agrammatic. Observational studies suggested an association between language-related neurodevelopmental phenotypes and an… read more here.
Keywords: primary progressive; language; ppa; association ... See more keywords
Why Are Most Humans Right-Handed? The Modified Fighting Hypothesis
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DOI: 10.3390/sym15040940
Abstract: Humans show a population-level preference for using the right hand. The fighting hypothesis is an influential theory that suggests that left-handedness persists because its rarity provides a surprise advantage in fighting interactions, and that left-handedness… read more here.
Keywords: hypothesis; fighting hypothesis; right handed; modified fighting ... See more keywords