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Analyses revealed a comparable proportion of patients in each stroke group were classified as apraxic in the imitation condition, but a higher proportion of left stroke patients were apraxic in the pantomime condition.
= 1, p<0.001), while left-handers imagined a larger proportion of left- than right-handed actions, although this difference was not significant (17 vs 13 [56.7%]; χ2 = 0.533, d.f. = 1, p = 0.465).
Data from six runs were compiled, and separate logistic functions were fitted to the proportion of left and right responses as a function of the gaze deviations.
Alternatively, the difference in lateralisation between the Arm and Leg condition could be due to difference in the proportion of left- and right-effector actions that was observed.
Chi-square tests revealed that the groups of dyslexics and non-dyslexics did not differ regarding proportion of men versus women and proportion of left- versus right-handedness.
The classification of individuals usually involves statistical analyses, but it can also depend on thresholds that are defined a priori using the number or proportion of left- and right-hand responses.
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If, in prehistory, this translated into increased reproductive success, it might have been enough to maintain a certain proportion of left-handers in the population, by balancing the costs of being left-handed with the advantages gained in fighting.
But Mr. McManus argues that there is a strong genetic component that helps explain the remarkably consistent proportion of left-handed preference in the human population.
If that is true, then there will be a higher proportion of left-handers in societies with higher levels of violence, since the advantages of being left-handed will be enhanced in such societies.
Mr. McManus shows that the proportion of left-handed people in England increased dramatically during the 20th century, to more than 11percentt from a low of about 4. Meanwhile in India, he says, the number remains about 5.8percentt, with 4percentt in Japan and 7.9percentt in Ivory Coast.
The higher than expected proportion of left-sided cancers is possibly a reflection of prevalent round screening.
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