No link between handedness and spatial navigation: Evidence from over 400 000 participants in 41 countries
Authors: Fernandez-Velasco, P., Coutrot, A., Oloye, H., Wiener, J.M., Dalton, R.C., Holscher, C., Manley, E., Hornberger, M. and Spiers, H.J.
Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume: 290
Issue: 2008
eISSN: 1471-2954
ISSN: 0962-8452
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1514
Abstract:There is an active debate concerning the association of handedness and spatial ability. Past studies used small sample sizes. Determining the effect of handedness on spatial ability requires a large, cross-cultural sample of participants and a navigation task with real-world validity. Here, we overcome these challenges via the mobile app Sea Hero Quest. We analysed the navigation performance from 422 772 participants from 41 countries and found no reliable evidence for any difference in spatial ability between left- and right-handers across all countries. A small but growing gap in performance appears for participants over 64 years old, with left-handers outperforming right-handers. Further analysis, however, suggests that this gap is most likely due to selection bias. Overall, our study clarifies the factors associated with spatial ability and shows that left-handedness is not associated with either a benefit or a deficit in spatial ability.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39152/
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No link between handedness and spatial navigation: evidence from over 400 000 participants in 41 countries.
Authors: Fernandez-Velasco, P., Coutrot, A., Oloye, H., Wiener, J.M., Dalton, R.C., Holscher, C., Manley, E., Hornberger, M. and Spiers, H.J.
Journal: Proc Biol Sci
Volume: 290
Issue: 2008
Pages: 20231514
eISSN: 1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1514
Abstract:There is an active debate concerning the association of handedness and spatial ability. Past studies used small sample sizes. Determining the effect of handedness on spatial ability requires a large, cross-cultural sample of participants and a navigation task with real-world validity. Here, we overcome these challenges via the mobile app Sea Hero Quest. We analysed the navigation performance from 422 772 participants from 41 countries and found no reliable evidence for any difference in spatial ability between left- and right-handers across all countries. A small but growing gap in performance appears for participants over 64 years old, with left-handers outperforming right-handers. Further analysis, however, suggests that this gap is most likely due to selection bias. Overall, our study clarifies the factors associated with spatial ability and shows that left-handedness is not associated with either a benefit or a deficit in spatial ability.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39152/
Source: PubMed
No link between handedness and spatial navigation: evidence from over 400 000 participants in 41 countries
Authors: Fernandez-Velasco, P., Coutrot, A., Oloye, H., Wiener, J.M., Dalton, R.C., Holscher, C., Manley, E., Hornberger, M. and Spiers, H.J.
Journal: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume: 290
Issue: 2008
eISSN: 1471-2954
ISSN: 0962-8452
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1514
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39152/
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No link between handedness and spatial navigation: evidence from over 400 000 participants in 41 countries.
Authors: Fernandez-Velasco, P., Coutrot, A., Oloye, H., Wiener, J.M., Dalton, R.C., Holscher, C., Manley, E., Hornberger, M. and Spiers, H.J.
Journal: Proceedings. Biological sciences
Volume: 290
Issue: 2008
Pages: 20231514
eISSN: 1471-2954
ISSN: 0962-8452
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1514
Abstract:There is an active debate concerning the association of handedness and spatial ability. Past studies used small sample sizes. Determining the effect of handedness on spatial ability requires a large, cross-cultural sample of participants and a navigation task with real-world validity. Here, we overcome these challenges via the mobile app Sea Hero Quest. We analysed the navigation performance from 422 772 participants from 41 countries and found no reliable evidence for any difference in spatial ability between left- and right-handers across all countries. A small but growing gap in performance appears for participants over 64 years old, with left-handers outperforming right-handers. Further analysis, however, suggests that this gap is most likely due to selection bias. Overall, our study clarifies the factors associated with spatial ability and shows that left-handedness is not associated with either a benefit or a deficit in spatial ability.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39152/
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No link between handedness and spatial navigation: evidence from over 400 000 participants in 41 countries.
Authors: Fernandez-Velasco, P., Coutrot, A., Oloye, H., Wiener, J.M., Dalton, R.C., Holscher, C., Manley, E., Hornberger, M. and Spiers, H.J.
Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume: 290
ISSN: 0962-8452
Abstract:There is an active debate concerning the association of handedness and spatial ability. Past studies used small sample sizes. Determining the effect of handedness on spatial ability requires a large, cross-cultural sample of participants and a navigation task with real-world validity. Here, we overcome these challenges via the mobile app Sea Hero Quest. We analysed the navigation performance from 422 772 participants from 41 countries and found no reliable evidence for any difference in spatial ability between left- and right-handers across all countries. A small but growing gap in performance appears for participants over 64 years old, with left-handers outperforming right-handers. Further analysis, however, suggests that this gap is most likely due to selection bias. Overall, our study clarifies the factors associated with spatial ability and shows that left-handedness is not associated with either a benefit or a deficit in spatial ability.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39152/
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