Left-handedness and time pressure in elite interactive ball games
Left-handedness and time pressure in elite interactive ball games
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精英互动球类比赛中的左撇子与时间压力
DOI:
10.1098/rsbl.2017.0446
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发表时间:
2017
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Loffing
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作者:
Loffing
According to the fighting hypothesis, frequency-dependent selection gives relatively rarer left-handers a competitive edge in duel-like contests and is suggested as one mechanism that ensured the stable maintenance of handedness polymorphism in humans. Overrepresentation of left-handers exclusively in interactive sports seems to support the hypothesis. Here, by referring to data on interactive ball sports, I propose that a left-hander's advantage is linked to the sports’ underlying time pressure. The prevalence of left-handers listed in elite rankings increased from low (8.7%) to high (30.39%) time pressure sports and a distinct left-hander overrepresentation was only found in the latter (i.e. baseball, cricket and table tennis). This indicates that relative rarity and the interactive nature of a contest are not sufficientper seto evoke a left-hander advantage. Refining the fighting hypothesis is suggested to facilitate prediction and experimental verification of when and why negative frequency-dependent selection may benefit left-handedness.
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作者:
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影响因子:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
期刊:
EVOLUTION OF HUMAN HANDEDNESS
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Geuze, Reint H.