| dc.creator | Vaid, Jyotsna | |
| dc.creator | Stiles-Davis, Joan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-10T05:09:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-10T05:09:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vaid, J. & Stiles-Davis, J. (1989), Mirror writing: An advantage for the left-handed? Brain and Language, 37, 616-627. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/158786 | |
| dc.description | This is an empirical study comparing mirror writing ability as a function of handedness and order of hand used. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | It has been claimed that left-handed individuals are better than right-handers at writing in a mirror script (R. Tankle & K. Heilman, 1983, Brain and Language, 19, 115-123). We tested this claim by comparing the mirror writing ability of
normal right- and left-handed adults as a function of hand used and hand use order. Our results do not support the notion of a left-hander superiority in mirror writing since, in two different experiments, right-handed individuals were found to be as good as left-handers. Instead, we obtained evidence for an order effect such that in both experiments, mirror writing was faster in those who started the task with their right hand. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | mirror writing | en |
| dc.subject | left handers | en |
| dc.subject | writing systems | en |
| dc.title | Mirror writing: An advantage for the left-handed? | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.department | Psychology | en |
