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. 1976 May 28;192(4242):908-10.
doi: 10.1126/science.1273577.

Human handedness: a partial cross-fostering study

R E Hicks, M Kinsbourne

Human handedness: a partial cross-fostering study

R E Hicks et al. Science. .

Abstract

The hand preference of college students correlated significantly with the writing hand of their biological parents but not that of their stepparents. The results are consistent with a genetic theory of the origin of human handedness.

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