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  • Neuroscience
  • Human Biology
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Human lateral preference, encompassing handedness and other asymmetries, is crucial for understanding neurodevelopment and behavior.
  • Numerous inventories exist to assess lateral preference, but a comprehensive comparative analysis is lacking.

Approach:

  • A systematic literature review identified 26 inventories assessing lateral preference from 1900-2022.
  • Databases searched included PubMed, SportDiscus, APA PsycNET, and Web of Science.
  • Inventories were analyzed for dimensions, scales, tasks, and psychometric properties.

Key Points:

  • Inventories cover diverse lateral preference dimensions (hand, foot, hearing, visual, trunk, head) and everyday tasks.
  • Most inventories classify laterality by direction (left, indifferent, right) and degree (consistent, moderate).
  • Significant limitations include poor psychometric verification (validity, reliability) and cultural specificity of tasks.

Conclusions:

  • Many current lateral preference inventories lack robust psychometric properties and broad cultural applicability.
  • A need exists for a new, multidimensional inventory with culturally invariant tasks for global use.
  • This review provides guidance for researchers selecting existing tools and advocates for improved assessment methods.