Linking the preference in a bilateral asymmetric task with handedness, footedness, and eyedness: The case of ice-hockey.

ABSTRACT: Most people know whether they are left-handed or right-handed, and usually base this assessment on preferences during one-handed tasks. There are several manual tasks that require the contribution of both hands, in which, in most cases, each hand plays a different role. In this specific case, holding an ice-hockey stick is particularly interesting because the hand placement may have an incidence on the playing style. In this study (n = 854), the main objective was to determine to what extent the way of holding an ice-hockey stick is associated with other lateralized preferences. Amongst the 131 participants reporting a preference for the left hand in unilateral tasks, 70.2% reported a preference for shooting right (placing the right hand in the middle of the stick); and amongst the 583 par

SUBMITTER: Grondin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11115253 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature