Manual Asymmetries, Handedness and Motor Performance

• Main Author: Pamela Bryden (auth)
• Other Authors: Claudia L. R. Gonzalez (auth), Andrea Helen Mason (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; grasping; footedness; hand performance; Practice; manual asymmetries; hand preference; Lifespan; laterality; sex differences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The performance of most tasks with one hand, typically the right, is a uniquely human characteristic. Not only do people prefer to use one hand rather than the other, but also they usually perform tasks faster and more accurately with this hand. The study of manual asymmetries and what such performa...