@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of some tasks used for specifying handedness and footedness",
journal="Perceptual and motor skills",
year="2006",
author="Hebbal, Gurusiddappa V. and Mysorekar, Viswanath R.",
volume="102",
number="1",
pages="163-164",
abstract="Healthy men (n = 42) and women (n = 45) who were right-handed and men (n = 21) and women (n = 20) who were left-handed were studied. Men's mean age was 21.1 +/- 3.5 yr. and women's 20.7 +/- 3.1 yr. These students in various faculties reported they were right- or left-handed. Then their hand and foot preferences (handedness and footedness) were ascertained by asking each of the subjects to perform 11 tasks for handedness and 9 tasks for footedness. A discriminate function analysis test showed that each of the 11 tasks used for assessing their self-reported handedness was significant, but, of the 9 tasks used for assessing self-reported footedness, only 7 were significant. Strength of the hand or foot played no role in reports of handedness or footedness. A combination of four tasks, such as pulling a door, pushing a door, holding an object, and hammering a nail, on which the maximum number of subjects performed with the right or left hand, depending upon their self-reported handedness, would be ideal for ascertaining handedness. A combination of three tasks, namely, kicking a football (soccer ball), pushing an object with the foot, and stamping on the ground, would be ideal for ascertaining footedness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-5125",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}