Predicting longevity from the line of life: is it accurate?, a 2019 peer reviewed study by Teghan Lucas, Amrita Dhugga and Maciej Henneberg in Anthropological Review, examined sixty cadavers at the University of Adelaide and found no significant correlation between palmistry's life line length and actual age at death, and no sex or handedness difference. Its authority rests on peer review and a stated methodology designed explicitly to resolve a disagreement between two earlier studies, Wilson and Mather's 1974 JAMA report finding no correlation and a 1990 study by Newrick and colleagues that had found one. Its limit is a single study's sample size. Cite it for this specific empirical result on the life line claim.
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Teghan Lucas, Amrita Dhugga and Maciej Henneberg's 2019 peer reviewed study in Anthropological Review, the top tier reflecting peer review and a stated methodology designed to resolve a disagreement between two earlier studies of the palmistry life line claim. Its limit is a single study's sample size, sixty cadavers; cite it for this specific empirical result rather than as the last word on palmistry generally. NotesSixty cadavers, University of Adelaide. No significant correlation between life-line length and age at death, and no sex or handedness difference. Written explicitly to resolve the disagreement between Wilson and Mather (JAMA 229, 1974, 1421-2), who found none, and Newrick and colleagues (1990), who found one.
Citation
AuthorTeghan Lucas, Amrita Dhugga and Maciej Henneberg
PublisherAnthropological Review 82(2), 155-162
Publication Year2019
URLhttps://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2019-0011
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Palm Lines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 partially Attested.
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