Authors: Akira Wiberg, Michael Ng, Yasser Al Omran, Fidel Alfaro-Almagro, Paul McCarthy, Jonathan Marchini, David L Bennett, Stephen Smith, Gwenaëlle Douaud, Dominic Furniss
Published: 2019-08-07
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awz257
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The brain signature and genetic basis of handedness are unclear. Wiberg et al. show that left-handers have higher functional connectivity between language networks, and identify four genomic regions associated with handedness. Variants within these regions appear, by influencing brain architecture, to predispose both to left-handedness and to certain neuropsychiatric diseases.