Who goes where in couples and pairs? Effects of sex and handedness on side preferences in human dyads.

IF 0.9 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL Laterality Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI:10.1080/1357650X.2022.2090573

Paul Rodway, Astrid Schepman

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Abstract

There is increasing evidence that inter-individual interaction among conspecifics can cause population-level lateralization. Male-female and mother-infant dyads of several non-human species show lateralised position preferences, but such preferences have rarely been examined in humans. We observed 430 male-female human pairs and found a significant bias for males to walk on the right side of the pair. A survey measured side preferences in 93 left-handed and 92 right-handed women, and 96 left-handed and 99 right-handed men. When walking, and when sitting on a bench, males showed a significant side preference determined by their handedness, with left-handed men preferring to be on their partner's left side and right-handed men preferring to be on their partner's right side. Women did not show significant side preferences. When men are with their partner they show a preference for the side that facilitates the use of their dominant hand. We discuss possible reasons for the side preference, including males prefering to occupy the optimal "fight ready" side, and the influence of sex and handedness on the strength and direction of emotion lateralization.

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谁成双成对地去哪里?性别和利手性对人类双性体侧边偏好的影响。

越来越多的证据表明，同种物种之间的个体间相互作用可能导致种群水平的侧化。一些非人类物种的雄性-雌性和母子二联体表现出偏侧的位置偏好，但这种偏好很少在人类中被研究过。我们观察了430对男性和女性，发现男性走在伴侣的右边有明显的偏见。一项调查调查了93名惯用左手的女性和92名惯用右手的女性，以及96名惯用左手的男性和99名惯用右手的男性。当走路和坐在长凳上时，男性会表现出明显的偏向一侧的倾向，这取决于他们的惯用手，左撇子男性更喜欢坐在伴侣的左侧，而右撇子男性更喜欢坐在伴侣的右侧。女性没有表现出明显的侧边偏好。当男人和他们的伴侣在一起时，他们会倾向于使用他们惯用的那只手。我们讨论了可能的原因，包括男性更喜欢占据最佳的“准备战斗”的一边，以及性别和利手性对情绪侧化的强度和方向的影响。

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Laterality Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition publishes high quality research on all aspects of lateralisation in humans and non-human species. Laterality"s principal interest is in the psychological, behavioural and neurological correlates of lateralisation. The editors will also consider accessible papers from any discipline which can illuminate the general problems of the evolution of biological and neural asymmetry, papers on the cultural, linguistic, artistic and social consequences of lateral asymmetry, and papers on its historical origins and development. The interests of workers in laterality are typically broad.