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Most people, when drawing circles, do so in a counterclockwise direction. Blau (1977a, b, c) reports that among those who draw circles in a clockwise direction, there is an excess of cognitive and affective problems, as well as a higher frequency of left-handedness. Torque is the name given to the tendency to draw circles in a clockwise direction. In the procedure used by Blau the S is asked to draw three circles with each hand; if S draws one or more circles in the clockwise direction, he is said to have torque.
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Bakan, P., Bakan, J.C., Beyerstein, B., Kline, M.G. (1983). Enhancement of the Torque Response Through Task Related Imagery. In: Shorr, J.E., Sobel-Whittington, G., Robin, P., Connella, J.A. (eds) Theoretical and Clinical Applications. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1179-9_13
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