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Cortex

Volume 20, Issue 2, June 1984, Pages 285-294
Cortex

Body Perception and Somatic Discomfort in Relation to Right- Versus Left-Handedness

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Abstract

Multiple studies analyzed differences in body perception and body complaints between right- and left-handed subjects. Both male and female samples were included. The findings indicated that the left-handed exceeded the right handed in feelings of body security and degree of body boundary differentiation. In addition, handedness was shown to be linked with different modes of distributing attention to the major sectors of one's body. An adequate explanation of the link between handedness and body perception is not at present available.

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Seymour Fisher, Department of Psychiatry, State University Hospital, 750 E. Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210.