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ArticleScientific reports2024

The relationship between facial directional asymmetry, handedness, chewing side preference, and eyedness.

Katarína Harnádková, Jan Měšťák, Ján Dupej, Lenka Kožejová Jaklová, Karolina Kočandrlová, Alexander Morávek, Jana Velemínská

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Katarína HarnádkováLaboratory of 3D Imaging and Analytical Methods, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic. harnadkk@natur.cuni.cz.
Jan MěšťákDepartment of Plastic Surgery, First Faculty of Medicine and Bulovka Hospital, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, 121 08, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Ján DupejLaboratory of 3D Imaging and Analytical Methods, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Lenka Kožejová JaklováLaboratory of 3D Imaging and Analytical Methods, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Karolina KočandrlováLaboratory of 3D Imaging and Analytical Methods, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Alexander MorávekDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Šimkova 870, 500 03, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Jana VelemínskáLaboratory of 3D Imaging and Analytical Methods, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic.

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Grantová Agentura, Univerzita Karlova 372221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to describe facial directional asymmetry (DA) in individuals with different manifestations of laterality. Due to the overlap between brain and face development, a relationship between the manifestation of brain laterality and DA is hypothesised. These findings could clarify the relationship between the brain and facial phenotype and help to plan facial or oral motor rehabilitation. The DA of 163 healthy individuals was assessed by two complementary 3D methods: landmark and polygonal surface analysis using colour-coded maps. Handedness was assessed using the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, while chewing side and eye preferences were self-reported. The results showed a similar DA pattern regardless of sex and laterality (the right-sided protrusion of the forehead, nose, lips, and chin) and a slightly curved C-shape of the midline in landmark analysis. A relationship between lateralized behaviours and DA was found only in males, in females the DA pattern was more homogenous. Right-handed individuals and right-side chewers showed a protrusion of the right hemiface. Males, left-handed and left-side chewers, manifested a protrusion of the left lateral hemiface. We suggest that these specific differences in males may be due to their typically higher level of brain asymmetry. No apparent relationship was found between eyedness and DA.

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Facial AsymmetryFunctional LateralityMasticationAdolescentAdultFaceFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adult

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PMID39366983
PMCPMC11452515

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