Posted by Dinah on January 6, 2002, at 14:56:44
In reply to Re: Left Handed?---dinah, posted by Shar on January 6, 2002, at 10:15:12
> I did a paper on cerebral organization and handedness, and one good point I found in the research was that handedness/dominance exists more on a continuum vs. being totally one or the other.
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> For example, especially among lefties, you can find people who write left handed, play sports right handed, and are left eye dominant. Or any other kind of mix among righties or lefties.
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> The mentally ill part was supported in the literature, however, research does not always distinguish between lefties who were born that way, who became that way due to trauma (head injury), etc.
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> There are more lefties in architecture, and other similar fields, plus artists, creative people in general.
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> One thing the research did talk about was that cerebral organization in lefties can differ. Usually, the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body. In lefties, a different setup can occur where the left side of the brain controls the left side of the body, etc. There was not much info on the impact of this, except that they seemed to think this could be related to instances of mental illness.
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> Basically, if you have a lefty, you are just as likely to end up with a Michaelangelo as you are to end up with someone in emotional distress.
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> Shar
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