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#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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