Performance comparison between right-handers and left-handers in a Brazilian sample of the Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment
Studies that investigate handedness are performed in order to relate hemispheric specialization and cognitive performance. The aim of study was compare the neuropsychological performance between right-handed and left-handed children with ages from five to six years who participated in the Brazilian...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS) |
| Repository: | Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/7866 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7866 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Functional laterality Manual preference Neuropsychology Lateralidade funcional Preferência manual Neuropsicologia |
| Summary: | Studies that investigate handedness are performed in order to relate hemispheric specialization and cognitive performance. The aim of study was compare the neuropsychological performance between right-handed and left-handed children with ages from five to six years who participated in the Brazilian study of standardization of the Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment. For analysis of socio-demographic characteristics, descriptive statistics were used. To compare the mean scores between the groups, normality was tested using Analysis of Variance (one-way Anova) and the Kruskal-Wallis test. When comparing right-handed and left-handed children with typical development, left-handed children presented poorer performance on the subtests involving Attention and Executive Functioning, Language, and Learning and Memory. |
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