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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 #114602 - 10/27/03 12:25 PM Relax, Lefty   Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Since we've had extensive discussion about this here, and it's many accompanying terms (i.e.: southpaw...or, in Max's case, northpaw [ahem]), I thought it relevant to point out this new study which "suggests there is no evolutionary disadvantage to being a lefty, as some scientists had thought." And there's also a word here which bothers me: handedness ("In 343 cases, he could also determine the handedness of the artists;"...) Anyone ever hear "handedness" before? http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/6981545.htm > #114603 - 10/27/03 12:37 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park handedness-- well handed is common enough, and handedness seems a natural extentions when discussing left handed and right handed, and things that might be associated (or show no assoication) with the use of a specific hand.. i think its been used here--have you checked? my other obsession #114604 - 10/27/03 12:47 PM Re: Handedness   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I've heard it a lot. FTR "handedness" scores a whopping 130T. #114605 - 10/27/03 12:49 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From search for "neurology handedness" It is generally accepted that most people have left-hemispheric language dominance, though the actual incidence of atypical language distribution in non–right-handed subjects has not been extensively studied. The authors examined language distribution in these subjects and evaluated the relationships between personal handedness, family history of sinistrality, and a language laterality index (LI) measured with fMRI. Methods: The authors used whole-brain fMRI to examine 50 healthy, non–right-handed subjects (Edinburgh Handedness Inventory quotient between -100 and 52) #114606 - 10/27/03 02:34 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,523 TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend   veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,523 Virginia, USA I've heard the word handedness often. k #114607 - 10/27/03 03:06 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass >i think its been used here--have you checked? it's not surprising this should seem familiar to you, helen -- it scored 77 on the AWADtalk-o-meter before this thread started. #114608 - 10/27/03 03:09 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 it scored 77 on the AWADtalk-o-meter Yeahbut® can you dance to it? #114609 - 10/27/03 03:39 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Not if you have two left feet. #114610 - 10/27/03 06:58 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka   Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Or offhandedness, of course. #114611 - 10/27/03 06:58 PM Re: Relax, Lefty   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka   Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Or offhandedness, of course. 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