Marian Annett

10.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
87 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Marian Annett is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Marian Annett has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 25 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Marian Annett's work include Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (76 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (10 papers) and Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits (10 papers). Marian Annett is often cited by papers focused on Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (76 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (10 papers) and Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits (10 papers). Marian Annett collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Marian Annett's co-authors include Ann Turner, John Annett, Michael P. Alexander, P. T. W. Hudson, Adrian Davis, Paula M. Moran, Iris E. Sommer, Alexander M. Rapp, Carin Whitney and Clyde Francks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Neurosciences and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Marian Annett

86 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A CLASSIFICATION OF HAND PREFERENCE BY ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS

1970 2.0k citations Marian Annett British Journal of Psychology profile →
Left, right, hand and brain : the right shift theory

1985 995 citations Marian Annett profile →
The Binomial Distribution of Right, Mixed and Left Handedness

1967 555 citations Marian Annett profile →
THE DISTRIBUTION OF MANUAL ASYMMETRY

1972 435 citations Marian Annett British Journal of Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marian Annett United Kingdom	42	7.3k	2.2k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	87	8.4k
M. P. Bryden Canada	46	6.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	976 0.7×	2.0k 1.7×	455 0.4×	140	8.4k
Sandra F. Witelson Canada	25	3.2k 0.4×	997 0.4×	498 0.4×	868 0.7×	316 0.3×	41	4.9k
Michael Peters Canada	40	3.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	945 0.7×	938 0.8×	540 0.5×	110	5.9k
H. Hécaen France	47	6.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	893 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	147 0.1×	170	8.7k
Ursula Bellugi United States	68	3.9k 0.5×	4.6k 2.1×	953 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	216	13.8k
Janette Atkinson United Kingdom	55	5.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	597 0.5×	632 0.5×	275 0.3×	187	8.5k
Clare Porac Canada	31	3.4k 0.5×	734 0.3×	686 0.5×	721 0.6×	573 0.6×	93	4.2k
Sebastian Ocklenburg Germany	40	3.6k 0.5×	496 0.2×	927 0.7×	684 0.6×	678 0.7×	189	5.1k
Eran Zaidel United States	46	5.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	114 0.1×	124	7.5k
Daphne Maurer Canada	52	8.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	4.6k 3.9×	233 0.2×	211	11.2k

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All Works

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Annett, Marian. (2006). The Right Shift Theory of Handedness and Brain Asymmetry in Evolution, Development and Psychopathology.. Archives of Oral Biology. 83. 118–123. 6 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian, et al.. (2005). Phonology and handedness in primary school: predictions of the right shift theory. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 47(2). 205–212. 11 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (2003). Myths of first cause and asymmetries in human evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 26(2). 208–209. 7 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1998). Stories about Hands, Brains, and Minds. Brain and Language. 65(2). 356–358. 3 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1997). Schizophrenia and Autism Considered as the Products of an Agnosic Right Shift Gene. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 2(3). 195–240. 22 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian, et al.. (1996). Types of Dyslexia and the Shift to Dextrality. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 37(2). 167–180. 28 indexed citations

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Alexander, Michael P. & Marian Annett. (1996). Crossed Aphasia and Related Anomalies of Cerebral Organization: Case Reports and a Genetic Hypothesis. Brain and Language. 55(2). 213–239. 97 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1995). The right shift theory of a genetic balanced polymorphism for cerebral dominance and cognitive processing.. 98 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1994). Handedness as a continuous variable with dextral shift: Sex, generation, and family handedness in subgroups of left- and right-handers. Behavior Genetics. 24(1). 51–63. 70 indexed citations

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Davis, Adrian & Marian Annett. (1994). Handedness as a Function of Twinning, Age and Sex. Cortex. 30(1). 105–111. 59 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1991). Speech Lateralisation Phonological Skill. Cortex. 27(4). 583–593. 23 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian & John Annett. (1991). Handedness for Eating in Gorillas. Cortex. 27(2). 269–275. 40 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1985). Left, right, hand and brain : the right shift theory. 995 indexed citations breakdown →

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Annett, Marian, et al.. (1982). Mathematical Ability and Lateral Asymmetry. Cortex. 18(4). 547–568. 114 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1978). Genetic and nongenetic influences on handedness. Behavior Genetics. 8(3). 227–249. 137 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1976). Evolution, genetics and social behaviour. Open University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1975). Hand Preference and the Laterality of Cerebral Speech. Cortex. 11(4). 305–328. 132 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian, P. T. W. Hudson, & Ann Turner. (1974). The reliability of differences between the hands in motor skill. Neuropsychologia. 12(4). 527–531. 58 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1973). Laterality of Childhood Hemiplegia and the Growth of Speech and Intelligence. Cortex. 9(1). 4–33. 120 indexed citations

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Annett, Marian. (1970). THE GROWTH OF MANUAL PREFERENCE AND SPEED. British Journal of Psychology. 61(4). 545–558. 305 indexed citations

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