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How do They Determine if a Kid is Right or Left Handed?
Posted on 3/10/13 at 8:58 am
Posted on 3/10/13 at 8:58 am
Does a doctor tell the parents?
How does it work?
Left handed questions.
How does it work?
Left handed questions.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 9:00 am to Hugo Stiglitz
I would assume they start using their left or right hand, and determine that they are left or right handed.
Or is there some process I don't know about either?
Or is there some process I don't know about either?
Posted on 3/10/13 at 9:03 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Hand preference is highly genetic. It's not determined; it's observed. Children typically show a dominant hand by age 2-3.
This post was edited on 3/10/13 at 9:07 am
Posted on 3/10/13 at 9:09 am to EKG
quote:Some children may be ambidextrous until they're 5 or 6, when they finally make a choice.
Hand preference is highly genetic. It's not determined; it's observed. Children typically show a dominant hand by age 2-3.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 9:10 am to Hugo Stiglitz
If they start fricking the same sex, they are left handed.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 9:34 am to EKG
I am left handed. When I was very little and went to dance class, I always turned the wrong way and they had to put me on the end until I got older and trained myself to turn the same way as everyone else.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 9:37 am to harmonics
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If they start fricking the same sex, they are left handed.
Since we live in the 1700's in this thread, I am going to cast a demonic spell on you.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 9:48 am to Hugo Stiglitz
In all seriousness, there is a continuum of handedness, some people who are left handed are able to do more fine motor skills with their right hands, but they haven't figured out if that is environmental. There is a complex genetic component that goes along with it as well.
I strongly favored my left hand pretty early on, but I am strongly left handed. I am also left footed and left eye dominant. Some left handed people are right footed and some are right eye dominant, or any combination of the three.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 10:50 am to Hugo Stiglitz
They choose the same time they choose whether to be gay or straight
Posted on 3/10/13 at 10:56 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Hand them a baseball, you'll know.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 10:59 am to Bellabama
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I strongly favored my left hand pretty early on, but I am strongly left handed. I am also left footed and left eye dominant.
same here.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 10:59 am to Hugo Stiglitz
It is a right brain, left brain thing. Ever heard of the Herman Brain Dominance Index (HBDI)? Interesting if you have a little time to check it out.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 11:53 am to Hugo Stiglitz
It should be a simple matter of observation. When he eats, what hand does he use to pick up a fork or spoon?
Posted on 3/10/13 at 11:57 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Whichever hand he/she jacks/jills off with.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 12:56 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I do everything right handed except shoot a basketball and drive. I can't explain it
Posted on 3/10/13 at 1:23 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
My parents thought I was left handed for the longest time. I'm weird though.
Throw righty
Bat lefty
Kick lefty
Shoot basketball left handed
I'm all sorts of arse backwards.
Throw righty
Bat lefty
Kick lefty
Shoot basketball left handed
I'm all sorts of arse backwards.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 3:18 pm to bamabenny
I do everything right handed except drive, and it feels like if I wanna carry something I'll use my left hand, but that's probably so I can use my right hand to open doors/shake hands or whatever.
Posted on 3/10/13 at 4:05 pm to AllBamaDoesIsWin
It's definitely genetic. My oldest brother is left-handed, and so is his oldest son. It was just a natural preference. I am right-handed, but some things I can do with my left just about as well, like painting or driving. I play the piano though, so that strengthened my left hand abilities I'm sure.
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