Article: Data on life sciences discussed by researchers at University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology.

Data detailed in 'Sex differences in left-handedness: a meta-analysis of 144 studies' have been presented. According to a study from Oxford, the United Kingdom, "Human handedness, a marker for language lateralization in the brain, continues to attract great research interest. A widely reported but not universal finding is a greater male tendency toward left-handedness."

"Here the authors present a meta-analysis of k=144 studies, totaling N=1,787,629 participants, the results of which demonstrate that the sex difference is both significant and robust. The overall best estimate for the male to female odds ratio was 1.23 (95% confidence interval=1.19, 1.27). The ...

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