Wordsmith.org: the magic of words

Wordsmith Talk

About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us  

Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3
#134050 10/14/04 04:36 AM
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1
L
stranger
OP Offline
stranger
L
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1
we are doing a brain mapping (fMRI) study on anagrams and creativity and need anagram experts to participate. the study is located in west los angeles, and starts immediately. you must be right handed and a native english speaker to participate. you will be compensated $25/hr for your time. if you live in los angeles and are interested, please let me know if you are interested ASAP.


#134051 10/14/04 09:49 AM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Come do one in upstate New York and I'm your man.


#134052 10/14/04 11:26 AM
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
just out of curiosity, what's wrong with cack-handed anagrams?
-ron (I am not a lefty) obvious


#134053 10/14/04 10:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
I would suspect that the differences in brain hemisphere language functioning between north- and south-paws would cause the two groups to be considered separately. I would just hope that they are considering the significant differences between the two main groups of lefties.


#134054 10/14/04 11:08 PM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
the significant differences between the two main groups of lefties

which are?



formerly known as etaoin...
#134055 10/14/04 11:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
You got your write mirror image to righties only in the other direction lefties and your hook your arm around and write from above lefties and apparently the right/left brain handling of language is different in the two groups. The lovely AnnaS should be able to expound better on the brain differences between the two groups.


#134056 10/15/04 12:44 AM
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 7,210
huh. I allus thought that was just the teachin'...

looking forward to hearing more.



formerly known as etaoin...
#134057 10/15/04 02:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 67
G
journeyman
Offline
journeyman
G
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 67
hook your arm around and write from above lefties

I think I belong to a subgroup of that faction: the hold your hand up in the air like a spider and try not to touch the paper lefties.

The "spider" description comes from The Left-Hander's Book of Days, and is a quote from some left-handed celebrity whose name escapes me...sorry


#134058 10/15/04 02:55 PM
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,511
Lefties who write just like righties, holding the pen mirror-image, have two speech centers and are less likely to suffer aphasia after a stroke. That's all I can remember from the study I read, but I assume they have other important bits on both sides of the brain.

Us lefties who contort to write are indeed the exact opposite of righties, with the brain halves reversed. It sounds counterintuitive: you'd think the brains of mirror-image lefties would be the exact opposite of righties' brains, but.


#134059 10/15/04 05:17 PM
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 180
member
Offline
member
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 180
Hmm. My daughter is one of those mirror image lefties. Both of her grandfathers were left-handed. Her paternal grandfather died decades ago (I never met him) and my father hasn't been left-handed since he started writing and had it beaten out of him by superstitious idiots. His handwriting is weird, slants all over the place. I wonder whether he was one of those mirror image guys. My late-ex-father-in-law had a set of left-handed golf clubs, which makes me think he was a mirror image specimen. My daughter surely is; all her life when she has imitated me doing anything (turning a switch, using a potter's wheel) she has exactly reversed everything. Which meant we had to use a wheel whose direction could be switched.

And I wonder whether people stay of the mirror image persuasion even when they have been trained out of left-handedness. I mean in their brain chemistry or whatever.

I remember watching AnnaS write in that Anglo-Saxon class we took 28 years ago thinking I'd have to tie my ass in a knot to do that.


Page 1 of 3 1 2 3

Moderated by  Jackie 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics
Forums16
Topics13,912
Posts229,283
Members9,179
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members
TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV, Heather_Turey, Standy
9,179 Registered Users
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 444 guests, and 3 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days)
Top Posters
wwh 13,858
Faldage 13,803
Jackie 11,613
tsuwm 10,542
wofahulicodoc 10,510
LukeJavan8 9,916
AnnaStrophic 6,511
Wordwind 6,296
of troy 5,400
Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.

Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat

© 1994-2024 Wordsmith

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5