Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Foot preference changes through adulthood.

J Bell1, C Gabbard

  • 1Department of Exercise Science and Health, Abilene Christian University, Texas 79699-8084, USA. bellj@nicanor.acu.edu

Laterality
|October 30, 2004
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Body mass index, perceived and actual physical competence: the relationship among young children.

Child: care, health and development·2012
Same author

[Relationship between motor function and cognitive performance].

Revista de neurologia·2009
Same author

Predicting the risk of cobalt deprivation in grazing livestock from soil composition data.

Environmental geochemistry and health·2003
Same author

Acute lateral dislocation of the patella: correlation of ultrasound scanning with operative findings.

Injury·2003
Same author

Sonographic appearances of medial retinacular complex injury in transient patellar dislocation.

Clinical radiology·2003
Same author

Survival from breast cancer among South Asian and non-South Asian women resident in South East England.

British journal of cancer·2003
Same journal

Profiles of power: lateral posing asymmetries of emotional expression in political portraits.

Laterality·2026
Same journal

Do emotional faces modulate pupillary pseudoneglect?

Laterality·2026
Same journal

Breaking the binary: Mixed-handedness and its implications for theoretical and clinical laterality research.

Laterality·2026
Same journal

Laterality of rodent behaviour: Why it matters for basic and clinical neuroscience and an outline for reverse-translational laterality research.

Laterality·2026
Same journal

Is there handedness for tactile acuity? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Laterality·2026
Same journal

Development of the left-handedness stigmatization scale for the Middle East and North Africa region (LHSS-MENA): expert validity ratio, exploratory factor and confirmatory factor analyses.

Laterality·2026
See all related articles

Footedness continues to shift towards right-footedness into older adulthood. This study observed increasing right-footedness and decreasing left- or mixed-footedness in adults, supporting developmental trends.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Human Development
  • Biopsychology

Background:

  • Foot laterality, or footedness, typically shows a developmental trend towards right-footedness from childhood to young adulthood.
  • Limited research exists on foot laterality changes in middle and older adulthood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the continuation of foot laterality trends into middle and older adulthood.
  • To examine changes in right-, left-, and mixed-footedness preferences across the adult lifespan.

Main Methods:

  • The study assessed foot laterality preferences in a cohort spanning middle and older adulthood.
  • Data analysis focused on identifying trends and significant changes in footedness over time.

Main Results:

Related Experiment Videos

  • A continuation of the trend towards increased right-footedness was observed in middle and older adults.
  • Significant decreases in mixed- and left-foot preferences were noted in these age groups.
  • These findings align with previous suggestions regarding adult foot laterality development.

Conclusions:

  • Footedness development, characterized by increasing right-footedness, extends into later life stages.
  • The observed trends are potentially linked to hemispheric heterochrony and the right-sided world phenomenon.