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Language and reading impairments are associated with increased prevalence of non-right-handedness

Handedness has been studied for association with language-related disorders because of its link with language hemispheric dominance. No clear pattern has emerged, possibly because of small samples, publication bias, and heterogeneous criteria across studies.

Citation:
Abbondanza F, Dale PS, Wang CA, ………. Whitehouse AJO, Pennell CE, et al. Language and reading impairments are associated with increased prevalence of non-right-handedness. Child Dev. 2023

Abstract:
Handedness has been studied for association with language-related disorders because of its link with language hemispheric dominance. No clear pattern has emerged, possibly because of small samples, publication bias, and heterogeneous criteria across studies.