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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Dermatoglyphics, Handedness, Sex, and Sexual Orientation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 2002
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| DOI | 10.1023/a:1014039403752 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brian S. Mustanski, J. Michael Bailey, Sarah Kaspar |
| Abstract |
Both handedness and dermatoglyphic asymmetry reflect early, prenatal influences and both have been reported to be associated with male sexual orientation; handedness has been related to female sexual orientation as well. Neurohormonal and developmental perturbation are two competing hypothesis that attempt to explain these connections. We attempted to replicate these associations and to extend dermatoglyphic asymmetry findings to women. Dermatoglyphic directional asymmetry and fluctuating asymmetry were unrelated to sexual orientation. Homosexual women, but not homosexual men, had highly significant increases in non-right-handedness compared with same-sex heterosexual controls. Although this pattern of results does not allow resolution of the two competing models, it does lend additional support to a biological basis of sexual orientation. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 54 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 54 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 30% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 2% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 21 | 39% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 22% |
| Unknown | 3 | 6% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 November 2022.
All research outputs
#4,312,309
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#1,557
of 3,737 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,389
of 132,983 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#7
of 12 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,737 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its peers.
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