Dissertation Title: Investigating the Effects of Laterality and Sex Differences on Discovered Biases Within the Investment Tendencies of Uncles and Aunts

This study provided an expansion into the sorely neglected topic of investment shown by distant kin.  Strongly replicating the study by Gaulin, McBurney and Brakeman-Wartell (1997), the rationale also included an enhanced methodology and the capacity for multi-cultural investigation.  Sixty participants (30 male, 30 female) completed a survey measuring the concern received from uncles and aunts.  Results uncovered a laterality effect (maternal relatives invest more), significant for all sets of data (p