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| Pamela J BrydenSummaryAffiliation: Wilfrid Laurier University Country: Canada Publications
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Hand preference in simultaneous unimanual tasks: a preliminary examinationPamela J Bryden
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Brain Cogn 48:284-7. 2002..With respect to left hemispace, participants showed the reverse pattern. This pattern of hand use indicates an important role for the nonpreferred hand, which has been relatively unexplored by researchers...- A performance measure of the degree of hand preferenceP J Bryden
Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Brain Cogn 44:402-14. 2000.... - A new method of administering the Grooved Pegboard Test: performance as a function of handedness and sexP J Bryden
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ont, Canada
Brain Cogn 58:258-68. 2005..Significant performance differences between the hands were also noted for the Remove task. Findings also indicated that the Remove task was sensitive to sex and handedness effects... 
Under what conditions will right-handers use their left hand? The effects of object orientation, object location, arm position, and task complexity in preferential reachingPamela J Bryden
Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
Laterality 16:722-36. 2011..The results will be discussed in light of current theories accounting for hand selection preferences...- Can an observational method of assessing hand preference be used to predict language lateralisation?P J Bryden
Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Laterality 16:707-21. 2011..The same pattern exists whether handedness is defined using subjective questionnaires or more objective observational measures of hand preference... - Influences of task complexity, object location, and object type on hand selection in reaching in left and right-handed children and adultsPamela J Bryden
Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Dev Psychobiol 53:47-58. 2011..Using an object resulted in significantly more preferred-hand reaches than picking up an object. Furthermore, task complexity, object location, and object type interacted with each other depending upon age group and hand preference... - An observational method of assessing handedness in children and adultsP J Bryden
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Dev Neuropsychol 32:825-46. 2007..Its ease of use, quick administration, and built-in quantitative sub-scores offer a robust alternative method for measuring hand preference... - Task demands affect manual asymmetries in pegboard performanceP J Bryden
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Laterality 12:364-77. 2007..This effect was also found when the data were expressed using a laterality quotient. The results are discussed in terms of the influence of task complexity on manual asymmetries... - Preferential reaching across regions of hemispace in adults and childrenPamela J Bryden
75 University Avenue West Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 Canada
Dev Psychobiol 48:121-32. 2006..The implications of these findings for understanding hand preference and skill were discussed in terms of motor dominance versus spatial reasoning theory of hand selection in unimanual reaching... - Handedness and health: an examination of the association between different handedness classifications and health disordersP J Bryden
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Laterality 10:429-40. 2005..The results are discussed in light of the Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda model of cerebral lateralisation... - Unimanual performance across the age spanP J Bryden
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ont, N2L 3C5, Canada
Brain Cogn 57:26-9. 2005..More specifically, the adults showed a much smaller performance difference between the hands than the other age groups. The results are discussed in light of current theories of the development of hand preference and manual asymmetry... - Knowledge of the risks and benefits associated with oral contraception in a university-aged sample of users and non-usersP J Bryden
Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Contraception 63:223-7. 2001..The results of this study indicate that despite increased efforts to educate women, knowledge of OC remains a major problem, even in a sample of women with relatively high socio-economic status... - Pushing the limits of task difficulty for the right and left hands in manual aimingPamela J Bryden
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Brain Cogn 48:287-91. 2002..Analysis revealed no differential effects of task difficulty on the overall movement times of the two hands. These results are discussed in light of current theories of manual asymmetries... - Using hand performance measures to predict handednessSusan G Brown
University of Waterloo, Canada
Laterality 11:1-14. 2006..By developing this model, it is possible to get an accurate measure of handedness using objective measures... - Reaching patterns across working space: the effects of handedness, task demands, and comfort levelsCarla M Mamolo
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Laterality 11:465-92. 2006..The Comfort Rating Scale provides new insight into the distribution of reaching movements within working space... - The performance of left-handed participants on a preferential reaching testCarla M Mamolo
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont, Canada
Brain Cogn 57:143-5. 2005..This indicates the willingness of left-handers to use their non-preferred (i.e., right) hand. One possible explanation supported by these results is that left-handers have adapted to an environment designed for right-handers... - The effects of skill demands and object position on the distribution of preferred hand reachesCarla M Mamolo
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont, Canada
Brain Cogn 55:349-51. 2004..This effect was mediated by the position of the object in hemispace, with more right hand reaches occurring for the Use task in left hemispace than the other tasks, in support of our previous work... - Preliminary examination of oral contraceptive use among university-aged femalesP C Fletcher
Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Contraception 63:229-33. 2001..g. maximizing effectiveness and safety). Preliminary analysis indicated that females may not be equipped with adequate knowledge or receiving the necessary support to practice the most efficacious behaviours surrounding pill use... - Preference and performance measures of handednessSusan G Brown
Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont, Canada N2L 3G1
Brain Cogn 55:283-5. 2004..Multiple linear regression analysis showed that together, the Wathand Box score and the lateralized place phase of the grooved pegboard task were the most accurate predictors of hand preference... - Examining gender differences in the health behaviors of Canadian university studentsKimberley A Dawson
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada N2L 3C5
J R Soc Promot Health 127:38-44. 2007..The relationship between lifestyle choices and health outcomes has been an area of interest for many health professionals. Gender differences in these choices have also been an area of scrutiny... - The costs of caring for a child with an autism spectrum disorderPaula C Fletcher
Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs 35:45-69. 2012..The primary purpose of this exploratory autism research was to examine the lived experiences of female primary caregivers of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...