Kidal: Perbedaan antara revisi

Kira-kira 8–15% dari [[penduduk]] dewasa adalah kidal.<ref>Hardyck, C., & Petrinovich, L. F. (1977). "Left-handedness," ''Psychological Bulletin'', 84, 385–404.</ref> Berbagai penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tangan kidal lebih umum ditemukan di kalangan [[laki-laki]] daripada [[perempuan]],<ref>Raymond, M.; Pontier, D.; Dufour, A.; dan Pape, M. (1996). Frequency-dependent maintenance of left-handedness in humans," ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'', B, 263, 1627-1633.</ref> dan lebih banyak di kalangan kaum [[heteroseksual]] dibandingkan dengan kaum [[homoseksual]].<ref>Homosexuality and Neoteny: correlation between homosexuality and left-handedness [http://www.neoteny.org/a/homosexuality.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927041139/http://www.neoteny.org/a/homosexuality.html |date=2006-09-27 }}</ref> Dibandingkan dengan masyarakat umum, tangan kidal lebih sering muncul di kalangan [[kembar]] [[kembar identik|identik]],<ref>[http://www.nomotc.org/library/twinning_facts.html Twinning Facts - National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620093156/http://nomotc.org/library/twinning_facts.html |date=2006-06-20 }}. Diakses Juni 2006.</ref> dan sejumlah kelompok orang yang mengalami [[gangguan neurologis|gangguan]] [[neurologis]] (misalnya, [[Epilepsi]],<ref>Schachter, S. C.; Boulton, A.; Manoach, D.; O'Connor, M.; Weintraub, S.; Blume, H.; & Schomer D. L. (1995). "Handedness in patients with intractable epilepsy: Correlations with side of temporal lobectomy and gender," ''Journal of Epilepsy'', 8, 190–192.</ref> [[Down's Syndrome]],<ref>Batheja, M., & McManus, I. C. (1985). "Handedness in the mentally handicapped," ''Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology'', 27, 63–68.</ref> [[Autisme]],<ref>Cornish, K. M., & McManus, I. C. (1996). "Hand preference and hand skill in children with autism," ''Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders'', 26, 597–609.</ref> dan [[Retardasi Mental]].<ref>Grouios, G.; Sakadami, N.; Poderi, A.; & Alevriadou, A. (1999). "Excess of non-right handedness among individuals with intellectual disability: Experimental evidence and possible explanations," ''Journal of Intellectual Disability Research'', 43, 306–313.</ref>)

Kebanyakan [[primata]] juga memperlihatkan kecenderungan untuk menggunakan tangan yang satu lebih daripada yang lainnya meskipun populasi mereka tidaklah terutama menekankan tangan kanan. Ada [[legenda]] umum yang mengatakan bahwa kebanyakan beruang kutub juga kidal, meskipun tidak ada bukti yang kuat tentang hal tersebut.<ref>{{factCite web|last=Darbyshire|first=Robyn|date=2018-08-13|title=People think polar bears are left-handed - the truth behind the myth|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/polar-bears-left-handed-truth-13063212|website=mirror|language=en|access-date=2023-06-02}}</ref>