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Sora
Illogical, Irrational
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Age: 20
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 Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: How do you know that you are ambidextrous? |
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I'm a little wondering about my handedness now. I figured I was certainly somewhat left-handed even though I was taught to use my right hand for most tasks. I also had issues with directions that went away entirely in less than 1 month of using my left hand for writing and some other fine motor tasks.
So now someone told me to stop using my right hand. It would get my brain mixed up.
Well, it doesn't. Using both hands for mostly different tasks works best. As a child I constantly used both hands, as non felt better than the other. Now it is the same again, I spontaneously use both hands.
Does that mean I may be ambidextrous?
(I mean the original meaning of ambidexterity: Co-dominance in both hands without training.)
Is anyone here ambidextrous? How would I know what handedness I have?
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notlurkingwell
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Joined: Jul 05, 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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I am ambidextrous.
Like you, I use different hands for different tasks. Ignore the person who told you to stop using both hands - just do what feels right.
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catspurr
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Joined: Jan 16, 2008
Posts: 781
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Oh whatever. The other person has hand jealousy. Tell them to quit using whatever hand they used and give a reason like it will make your hair fall out. |
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2ukenkerl
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Joined: Jul 20, 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| notlurkingwell wrote: | I am ambidextrous.
Like you, I use different hands for different tasks. Ignore the person who told you to stop using both hands - just do what feels right.
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I favor my right hand, but CAN write with my left, etc... I consider myself ambidextrous, even though it doesn't show all the time, or to an identical degree in both hands. That IS to be expected. Writing a west european, or many other languages, with your left hand is HARD, EVEN for left handers! THAT is why so many have problems with smudging and why there are at least TWO ways to write with the left hand. BTW that is not a slant at left handers. Arabic, Hebrew, and some other languages are JUST as hard for a right handed person, though left handers would find it easier.
Still, I am CONSTANTLY told that MOST people that are right handed do this or that with a certain hand, and I often switch. I may take my car keys in my right hand, and put them in my right pocket while taking my credit cards out with the left to pay for something, or may even toss the keys from my right to my left to open the door with my left. I am just as likely to do the opposite with the passenger door.
I am HORRIBLE at catching things, but when I throw them to myself, I do REALLY well. I may have missed 3 times in as many years, even though I may have caught things in such a way many thousands of times during the same 3 years.
So I don't know. If you see me write, or throw, you will figure I am right handed. Otherwise, you will have a hard time.
BTW DON'T favor one side, if you can avoid it. It helps balance things out if you don't. As for your brain getting mixed up? Well, you might find you do more with less conscious thought! What is so bad about that!? |
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mysterious_misfit
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Age: 26
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| I had a hard time in early childhood selecting a dominant hand. They both felt the same to me. I remember my K teacher switching my pencil to my right hand on several occassions. So now I'm right handed. But I can play baseball, or shoot pool, or skateboard on either hand/stance. |
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