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Are you left handed?
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More than one of my neurologists has told me that 65% of lefties are left brained.
http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=4703Recent research, published in the Royal Society Biology Lettersby Yale professor Gregory Dietl and Jonathan Hendricks of the University of Kansas, reveals that left-handed snails—ones with apertures on the left sides of their shells—are able to confound their predators, the crab Calappa flammea. The Yale researcher’s findings show that, much like right-handed athletes unaccustomed to dealing with their left-handed opponents, crabs find it difficult to eviscerate left-handed snails, opting instead to leave them be. The Herald sat down with Dietl to discuss this new scientific finding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness (sorry to whoever doesn't like wikipedia)Analysis of ancient cave paintings indicate that humanity was right-handed long before the Bronze Age.
There is strong evidence that prenatal testosterone contributes to brain organization. One theory is that high levels of prenatal testosterone results in a higher incidence of left-handedness. This could be why there are more left-handed males than females and also the increased incidence of left-handedness in male twins. See Geschwind-Galaburda Hypothesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dominanceCross-dominance, also known as mixed-handedness or mixed dominance, is a motor skill manifestation where a person favors one hand for some tasks and the other hand for others. For example, a cross-dominant person might write with the left hand but grab primarily with the right. Ambidexterity is a well-known variant of cross-dominance, but cross-dominant people may also be left or right-handed rather than ambidextrous.
It can also refer to mixed laterality, which refers to a person favoring eyes, ears, feet, or hands on one side of the body. A person who is Cross-dominant can also be stronger on the opposite side of the body that they favor; for example, a right-handed person can be stronger on the left side. Cross-dominance can often be a problem when shooting or in activities that require aim.
Another Southpaw!
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...but I play ALL music right-handed?....onder:
http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=4703
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness (sorry to whoever doesn't like wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dominance
Here you go Spencer:
http://www.yoyoguy.com/info/ball/
I think I'll try playing with my feet!
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I remember my brother having difficulty as a teen because he was cross dominant and also one eye was stronger than the other. When they figured that out, he began to inprove in school.