Influences of lateral preference and personality on behaviour towards a manual sorting task |
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| Authors: | Lynn Wright Susan Watt Scott M. Hardie |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Evolutionary and Biological Approaches to Behaviour Research Group, School of Social & Health Sciences, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG, Scotland, UK;2. Division of Psychology, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG, Scotland, UK |
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| Abstract: | Differences in task behaviour between left- and right-handers and left- and right-eared individuals have been reported (e.g. and ) with left-handers taking longer to begin a task and right-eared individuals having a more disinhibited approach. Personality measurements are also important when examining approach behaviour. Jackson (2008) reported that those with higher neuroticism levels and a right-ear preference react faster to tasks. The current study investigated the effects of lateral preference and personality on behaviour towards a manual sorting task. Eighty-five participants completed laterality and personality scales and a card-sorting task. Degree of hand preference was found to influence behaviour towards the task with strong left-handers taking longer to begin. Those with a left congruent lateral preference (left-hand, left-ear) took significantly longer to begin the task than those with a right congruent preference. Neither neuroticism nor extraversion influenced task approach. We concluded that hand preference, and more specifically a strong left-hand preference is a good predictor of a longer initiation time on a manual task. Ear preference on its own does not predict initiation time. |
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| Keywords: | Handedness Ear-preference Neuroticism Approach behaviour Sorting task Strength of handedness |
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