Posted by Sara T on June 27, 2000, at 9:20:58
In reply to Mind/Body/Dominance (Lefty Here), posted by shar on June 24, 2000, at 17:20:49
> But, problems were believed to stem from this feature. Left-handed people are significantly more likely than "people in general" to be found in psychiatric populations (hospitals). And, lefties tend to be overrepresented in certain occupations, such as architecture, and the arts. The docs cited the different cerebral organization as contributing to this.
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> However, to throw a wrench into things, docs have a hard time determining handedness because it is unusual to find "pure" lefties or "pure" righties (but moreso pure lefties). And that begs the question of ambidexterity and how that plays out.
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> Nobody had looked at ambidexies much when I turned in the paper.
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> SharShar -
I'm a lefty too, and I have a degree in Art and Architecture, as well as having a rich history of depression, anxiety and ADD. Hmmm....Actually, the is a recent book out on handiness, I think it's called THE LEFT HANDED SYNDROME. I've also found a bunch of web sites for left handers and studies of handiness. Some have a test you can take to see just how left or right dominated you are. I turned out to be mildly left handed and close to ambidextrous.
My daughter is also left handed and very left dominant.
Sara T
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