Does Handedness Affect Reaction Time?

Does Handedness Affect Reaction Time?

An individual's handedness was hypothesised to affect their reaction times when using them to measure interhemispheric interaction. ... The study found a crossed-uncrossed difference of -3.8 milliseconds (ms), while right handers were found to react faster, -2.7ms, than left handers, -4.9ms.

Do right-handed people have a faster reaction time?

Right-handers recognised a right hand faster than a left hand, whereas no significant difference was seen for left-handers. ... The findings suggest that the differences in the reaction times between left- and right-handers depend on a laterality balance of hand motor skills.

Will using the non preferred hand affect reaction time?

Results showed: (1) For single responses and paired responses to simultaneous stimuli, responses by the dominant hand were made significantly faster than by the non-dominant hand.

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