On the Relation between Footedness and Handedness

Abstract

The relation between handedness and footedness was examined for 32 righthanders and 32 lefthanders. On a speed-tapping task, righthanders showed a significant right-hand and right-foot advantage. Lefthanders showed a significant left-hand advantage and a significant right-foot advantage. This appears to support previous work. However, while the right-foot advantage of righthanders proves robust over different replications, the right-foot advantage of lefthanders does not show such robustness. Results show tacit agreement with Annett's 1972 model which suggests an inherent right-shift bias for righthanders and no inherent directional bias for lefthanders.