Reflective gaze preference was assessed for 37 undergraduates who were subsequently assigned to a right-looking, left-looking, or mixed group. Existing records for each of these subjects indicated that subjects who had more clearcut reflective gaze preferences had superior records of past athletic achievement than did subjects without reflective gaze preference. These results are consistent with the model of functional cerebral space which predicts superior performance on simultaneous tasks for more cerebrally lateralized individuals.
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