Left-handed university students show higher neuroticism compared to their right-handed peers
A new Austrian study reveals that right-handed students tend to be more extraverted, conscientious, and emotionally stable than left-handers. Researchers also found surprising ways that sex and hand dominance interact to influence depressive symptoms.
A study conducted at the University of Vienna has revealed that left-handed university students exhibit higher levels of neuroticism compared to their right-handed counterparts. The research, published in Brain and Cognition, examined 198 students, with 105 being female and an average age of 24 years. The participants completed assessments for personality traits, depression levels, and handedness.
Results indicated that right-handed students generally scored higher in conscientiousness and extraversion, while left-handed students scored lower in neuroticism. Female students also showed higher depression scores. The study suggests that handedness, along with sex, independently and interactively influences personality and depressive symptoms by affecting cerebral lateralization and neurobiological mechanisms.
However, it is important to note that the study included only German-speaking university students, and further research may be needed to determine if similar patterns exist in other demographic and cultural groups.
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