中国科学院心理研究所机构知识库

在利手与大脑语言优势半球的研究中,尚缺乏中国人左右利手的基本数据。本研究从全国各地调查了18,593名男女正常人和1,748名神经精神病患者的利手分布。正常人包括幼儿园、小学、中学、大学学生,同卵和异卵双生子,以及各种职业的成人。同时还调查了七个少数民族的利手分布。调查结果表明,中国人的左利率仅为0.23%,远远低于西方国家的左利手数值。

There is so far no scientific data concerning the distribution of left-and right-handedness in Chinese population. A survey of 18,593 healthy people and 1,748 neuropsychiatric patients was conducted througout the country. The sample of healthy people consisted of kindergarten, primary schocl middle school and college students, monozygotic and dizygotic twins, and various kinds of professionals. The handedness of seven minorities besides the Hans were also surveyed. The data showed, that the percentage of left-handedness was only 0.23%，far less then in western countries.