Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (01): 88-97.doi: 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2017.0037

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Research on six behavioral traits of lateral functional dominance in the Muya, Ersu, Bajia and Kongge peoples in China

WEI Yu1(), ZHANG Xinghua1,*(), YAN Shi2, WANG Zishan1   

  1. 1. College of Life Sciences,Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin 300387
    2. School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Shanghai 200438
  • Received:2016-04-18 Revised:2016-12-07 Online:2019-02-15 Published:2020-09-11
  • Contact: ZHANG Xinghua E-mail:weiyu_034@163.com;zxhwf1981@126.com

Abstract:

Six behavioral traits of lateral functional dominance(hand clasping, handedness, arm folding, foot preference, leg folding and stride type) were investigated in the Ersu, Muya, Kongge and Bajia of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. The results were as follows. A preference for the right side versus the left side in four ethnic groups except for arm folding of the Ersu, Muya and Bajia. There was no sexual difference in four ethnic groups, but there were differences between Muya, Ersu and Bajia in hand clasping, and in arm folding between the Muya and Kongge. There was a higher correlation among the six behavioral traits in the Bajia.

Key words: Ersu, Muya, Kongge, Bajia, Lateral functional dominance

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