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Prenatal testosterone exposure, left-handedness, and high school delinquency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Stanley Coren
Stanley Coren
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 [email protected]
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Abstract

Prenatal exposure to high levels of testosterone may lead to increased probability of left-handedness. Extrapolating from arguments by Mazur & Booth leads to a prediction of increased incidence of antisocial behavior among left-handers. Six hundred ninety-four males were tested for seven indicators of delinquency in high school. Left-handers were more likely to display such behaviors, providing indirect evidence for the hypothesized behavioral effects of testosterone.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 369 - 370
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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