Predictors of human rotation

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F13%3A10196062" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/13:10196062 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2012.662233" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2012.662233</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2012.662233" target="_blank" >10.1080/1357650X.2012.662233</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Predictors of human rotation
Original language description
Why some humans prefer to rotate clockwise rather than anticlockwise is not well understood. This study aims to identify the predictors of the preferred rotation direction in humans. The variables hypothesised to influence rotation preference include handedness, footedness, sex, brain hemisphere lateralisation, and the Coriolis effect (which results from geospatial location on the Earth). An online questionnaire allowed us to analyse data from 1526 respondents in 97 countries. Factor analysis showed that the direction of rotation should be studied separately for local and global movements. Handedness, footedness, and the item hypothesised to measure brain hemisphere lateralisation are predictors of rotation direction for both global and local movements. Sex is a predictor of the direction of global rotation movements but not local ones, and both sexes tend to rotate clockwise. Geospatial location does not predict the preferred direction of rotation. Our study confirms previous findings
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
BB - Applied statistics, operational research
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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