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#114602 - 10/27/03 07:25 AM Relax, Lefty
WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: 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 >
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#114603 - 10/27/03 07:37 AM Re: Relax, Lefty
of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: 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
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#114604 - 10/27/03 07:47 AM Re: Handedness
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	I've heard it a lot. FTR "handedness" scores a whopping 130T.
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#114605 - 10/27/03 07:49 AM Re: Relax, Lefty
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	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)
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#114606 - 10/27/03 09:34 AM Re: Relax, Lefty
TheFallibleFiend veteran Registered: 01/23/02 Posts: 1523 Loc: Virginia, USA	I've heard the word handedness often. k
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#114607 - 10/27/03 10:06 AM Re: Relax, Lefty
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: 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.
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#114608 - 10/27/03 10:09 AM Re: Relax, Lefty
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803	it scored 77 on the AWADtalk-o-meter Yeahbut® can you dance to it?
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#114609 - 10/27/03 10:39 AM Re: Relax, Lefty
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	Not if you have two left feet.
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#114610 - 10/27/03 01:58 PM Re: Relax, Lefty
Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok	Or offhandedness, of course.
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#114611 - 10/27/03 01:58 PM Re: Relax, Lefty
Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok	Or offhandedness, of course.
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