1 Influences of lateral preference and personality on behaviour towards a manual sorting task Lynn Wright a , Susan Watt b and Scott M. Hardie a a Evolutionary and Biological Approaches to Behaviour Research Group, School of Social & Health Sciences, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. DD1 1HG. b Division of Psychology, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. DD1 1HG Address correspondence to: Lynn Wright, Division of Psychology, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 1HG. Tel: (01382) 308332 Fax: (01382) 308749 E-mail: l.wright@abertay.ac.uk