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  • Title: Right-, left-dominance and ambidexterity in grasp reflex in human newborn: importance of left brain in cerebral lateralization.
    Author: Tan U, Ors R, Kürkçüoglu M, Kutlu N, Cankaya A.
    Journal: Int J Neurosci; 1992 Feb; 62(3-4):197-205. PubMed ID: 1305606.
    Abstract:
    The grasp reflex was studied in human newborn without familial sinistrality. Of 60 females, 26 (43.3%) were right-handed and 34 (56.7%) ambidextrous. Of 62 males, 20 (32.3%) were right-handed, 39 (62.9%) ambidextrous, and 3 (4.8%) left-handed. There was a nonsignificant preponderance of right-dominance in females and a significant preponderance of nonright-handedness in males. In right-handers, the mean right minus left (R-L) grasp-reflex showed a positive linear correlation with the grasp-reflex from the right and left hands, with a higher correlation for the right hand. In ambidexters, the R-L grasp reflex did not show any significant correlation with the grasp reflex from the right and left hands. The mean grasp-reflex from right and left were found to be significantly smaller in ambidextrous males and females then right-handed males and females, with a much higher significance for the right hand. It was concluded that females tended to have a more pronounced reflex lateralization than males. The results also indicated that the left brain may be more important than the right brain for the development of a spinocerebral motor lateralization in humans.
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