Laterality, sexual orientation, and immune system functioning: is there a relationship?
Laterality, sexual orientation, and immune system functioning: is there a relationship?
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偏侧性、性取向和免疫系统功能：有关系吗？
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发表时间：
1994
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
M. Cass
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作者：
D. Halpern;M. Cass
最近有许多关于偏侧性(一个人是右撇子还是左撇子，或者更常见的是左撇子或右撇子)、性取向(同性恋、双性恋或异性恋)和免疫系统功能相关的可能性的调查。讨论了文献中不一致的原因和拒绝零假设的失败。此外，还提供了一些数据，表明艾滋病毒阳性男性样本的左侧偏侧与同性恋之间存在正相关关系。免疫系统紊乱与任何其他变量都没有关联。结论是，同性恋男性作为一个群体，左倾倾向增加的可能性更大，但侧向性不能被用来进一步区分同性恋男性对免疫疾病的易感性不同的类别。
There have been numerous recent investigations of the possibility that laterality (the extent to which an individual is right or left-sided or, more usually, right- or left-handed), sexual orientation (homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual), and immune system functioning are related. The reasons for inconsistencies in the literature and failures to reject the null hypothesis are discussed. Additional data are presented that show a positive relationship between left-sided laterality and homosexuality for a sample of HIV positive males. Immune system disorders were not associated with any of the other variables. It is concluded that increased left-sidedness is more likely in homosexual men as a group, but laterality cannot be used to differentiate homosexual men further into categories that vary in their susceptibility to immune disorders.