Right, Left, Right, Wrong! An investigation of handedness - some myths, truths, opinions and research


Introduction
What is Handedness?
Measuring Handedness
Handedness Statistics
Handedness and the Brain
Theories of Handedness ‣
Other Handedness Issues ‣
History of Handedness ‣
Famous Left-Handers ‣
A Few Final Thoughts
Sources
 
 
 
 
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Other Handedness Issues
Writing is just one issue facing left-handers
Any number of other issues have handedness implications of one kind or another, whether they relate to the specific claims or contentions of the left-handed community, the results of scientific research studies, or other more general social and cultural matters.

In several of these sections, I have been able to point out some errors and misconceptions in many commonly-held beliefs about handedness, and to provide a factual counterbalance to some of the more lurid and fanciful claims of the "popular wisdom" that is the Internet. But I would stress again that my intention is not so much to destroy, discourage and disillusion, as to present the objective facts on these subjects (insofar as my research has been able to discern them).

For convenience, I have divided these topics up as follows:

 

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Introduction | What is Handedness? | Measuring Handedness | Handedness Statistics | Handedness and the Brain | Theories of Handedness | Other Handedness Issues | History of Handedness | Famous Left-Handers | A Few Final Thoughts | Sources
 
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