Gabbard C
Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843.
Cortex. 1992 Sep;28(3):497-502. doi: 10.1016/s0010-9452(13)80158-x.
Associations between foot and hand preference behavior were examined in 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. Analysis of the general trichotomous (right, left, mixed) distribution of preferences indicated no sex or age group differences, while noting that 39% were mixed-footed compared to 17% not favoring one hand over the other. Frequency of paired (congruent and cross-lateral) preferences revealed that two patterns, Right-hand/Right-foot (52%) and Right-hand/Mixed-foot (23%) accounted for the vast majority (75%) of subjects. Of the total number of right-handers, most (67%) preferred the right foot, while only 19% of the left-handers were congruent. Thus, supporting findings reported on older populations that right-handers are more consistently right-footed, than left-handers are left-footed. Behavior of the mixed- and right-handed sample was similar, suggesting an overall predominance of these lateral characteristics in young children.
对3岁、4岁和5岁儿童的手足偏好行为之间的关联进行了研究。对偏好的一般三分法（右、左、混合）分布的分析表明，不存在性别或年龄组差异，同时注意到39%的儿童是双足混合型，相比之下，17%的儿童没有明显的单手偏好。配对（一致和交叉对侧）偏好的频率显示，两种模式，即右手/右脚（52%）和右手/双足混合型（23%）占绝大多数（75%）的受试者。在所有右利手者中，大多数（67%）更喜欢右脚，而只有19%的左利手者是一致的。因此，这支持了在年龄较大人群中所报告的研究结果，即右利手者比左利手者更倾向于惯用右脚。混合型和右利手样本的行为相似，这表明这些偏侧特征在幼儿中总体上占主导地位。
