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Lauren Julius Harris, PhD; Steven R. Gitterman
Dept of Psychology Michigan State Univ East Lansing, MI 48824

Arch Neurol. 1978;35(11):773.

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To the Editor.—

Wolf, in an article in the ARCHIVES (29:128-129, 1973), reported a statistically greater tendency for neurologically normal women than men to state that they have experienced difficulty in discriminating left from right. The ratings were on a five-point Likert scale from "all the time" to "never." As Wolf noted, these results are inconsistent with the oncetraditional view that identified leftright confusion as one facet of the Gerstmann syndrome tetrad, the cur

Breakdown of Responses by Sex and Handedness*

Responses Left-handers Right-handers M (%) F(%) M (%) F(%) All the time 1(4) 3 (27) 2(1) 0(0) Frequently 2 (9) 3 (27) 14 (5) 4(11) Occasionally 3(13) 4(36) 28(10) 7(19) Rarely 2 (9) 0(0) 114 (39) 14 (39) Never 15(65) 1(9) 136 (46) 11(31) Total 23 11 294 36

*Question asked was, "As an adult, I have noted difficulty when I quickly have to identify right vs left —" Percentages are . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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