TY - JOUR
T1 - Line bisection by left-handed preschoolers
T2 - A phenomenon of symmetrical neglect
AU - Bradshaw, John L.
AU - Nettleton, Norman C.
AU - Wilson, Lyn E.
AU - Bradshaw, Catriona S.
PY - 1987/1/1
Y1 - 1987/1/1
N2 - When a normal dextral attempts to bisect a horizontal line placed across his/her midline, there is a tendency for the transection to be placed slightly to the left of true center, a tendency which may be a little more pronounced when the left hand is used. However, left-handed children at or younger than 5 years of age err substantially to the left with the left hand and to the right with the right hand. This symmetrical neglect of extents contralateral to the hand currently in use, which may possibly reflect relatively greater commissural immaturity in left-handers, was not seen in dextral children of comparable ages, whose performance Closely followed adult patterns.
AB - When a normal dextral attempts to bisect a horizontal line placed across his/her midline, there is a tendency for the transection to be placed slightly to the left of true center, a tendency which may be a little more pronounced when the left hand is used. However, left-handed children at or younger than 5 years of age err substantially to the left with the left hand and to the right with the right hand. This symmetrical neglect of extents contralateral to the hand currently in use, which may possibly reflect relatively greater commissural immaturity in left-handers, was not seen in dextral children of comparable ages, whose performance Closely followed adult patterns.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0023433911&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0278-2626(87)90134-5
DO - 10.1016/0278-2626(87)90134-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 3663381
AN - SCOPUS:0023433911
VL - 6
SP - 377
EP - 385
JO - Brain and Cognition
JF - Brain and Cognition
SN - 0278-2626
IS - 4
ER -