Posted by Sinister on August 31, 2003, at 23:33:14
In reply to Re: Depression - And Left Handedness » linkadge, posted by shar on October 1, 2002, at 22:07:05
> I did a paper on cerebral organization and handedness . . .
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> One big question is . . . to what degree is a person left-handed . . . .
> Those that I call "profoundly" left handed use their lefts for everything, . . .
> and many lefties are not "left dominant" (ie, use their left hand to throw,
> left leg to kick, left eye to wink, or bat or bowl or golf left-handed, etc.).
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> I am a lefty for writing, and do just about everything else with my right hand,
> and am right-side dominant.
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> SharVery interesting, Shar, and thank you.
I grew up spontaneously doing all of (but only) those things left-handed
which require (ironically) dexterity (the Latin root of which means "right-handed"),
and everything associated with strength or athleticism only with the right.I am not ambidexterous: I cannot use either the right or the left with equal ease
for any given activity -- except in winking, or caressing the small of a girl friend's back,
and perhaps in pointing or aiming, in which case the dominant eye switches
to correspond with the hand or the finger which aims a pistol or points a finger.So I use forks and spoons but not knives with the left hand.
It feels mildly awkward but not impossible to do the opposite.Only with the left hand do I write, shave, brush teeth or comb hair,
wash or insert contact lenses, deal cards, catch baseballs with a mitt,
and use forks and spoons.Only with the right hand (or leg) do I play all sports which come to mind:
batting or throwing (baseballs, footballs, basketballs),
serving (tennis and volleyball), golfing, bowling.
I use all tools requiring the slightest strength right-handedly
(even knives at the table), while those requiring dexterity (e.g., screwdrivers)
probably lean slightly to the left. I shoot a bow and arrow
(as well as a rifle or a pistol) only right-handedly.I favor shaking hands with the right hand.
I prefer to hold the joystick of an airplane with the right hand.
It appears that I've crippled myself with depression for forty years,
although I've hidden that knowledge from myself for the first half
of those forty by wearing a happy mask and "not letting such little things
bother" the well-behaved kid who must never object, correct, or complain.
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