Comments on: 10 Questions And Answers On Ambidexterity

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:46:28 +0000

@ Adele, that’s interesting. I’ve heard that kids usually decide on their preferred hand by age 5, though maybe some take a bit longer to make up their mind. If she really prefers her right hand now, then I guess you just go along with that.

By: Adele

Adele — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:01:45 +0000

I am an Occupational therapist and have been working with a 6 year old girl for 6 months. She has always shown a prefernece for left handedness. Since starting grade one this year she is now addamant that she finds right handed work easier. She is even writing neater with her right hand. Her parents and I are very confused. What should we do?

By: Johnson Killer

Johnson Killer — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:00:10 +0000

It breaks my heart to know that Kobe Bryant will have to hang it up in a few years.Long live number 24.

By: César Cabré

César Cabré — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:07:19 +0000

At a lecture Iattended many years ago we were told that, in the early 20th. Century, groups of children in Japan were taught to become ambidextrous. The experiment was apparently successful, the children showing great dexterity with either hand. But, as grown ups, many of them found it difficult to make quick decisions when the situation so demanded: their reaction time was longer than in the ordinary person.
I have tried to find any written reference about it, but have failed to. It might be found in a scientific journal from the nineteen-thirties. Has anybody read about it? I’d be grateful for some information. Thanks. César

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:31:16 +0000

I never really paid much attention to my ability to use both of my hands until friends or family would bring it to my attention in amazment. My mother has told me that as a small child I would use both hands to color/draw and would write my name from right to left. I took the handedness test and scored at +0.2. Very interesting information!

By: Mete

Mete — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:26:05 +0000

Hey, I like what u have done. I m mix-handed. I use my left hand for writing and using the fork (sometimes knife) but my right side is stronger about most of other tasks and more muscular.

Since today I wasn’t sure if I m left handed or right now I m mix handed lol.

I think I should do some research. Today I read about that mix-handed kids more likely have ADHD problems …

I think we should know about good and bad sides of being mix-handed.

Thank you for this page..

By: +David

+David — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:15:37 +0000

There are many things that I like to do on an either or basis, like ping pong, passing the paddle back and forth depending on where the ball is likely coming to, same with tennis. In pool (billiards) it all depends on the shot to be made.

I have severe left right confusion, with the words left and right never being absolute, so my wife will say my side or your side, otherwise if she says right 50% of the time I’ll move over into the left lane preparing for a left turn. I wonder if L/R confusion is frequent with mixed handedness.

Now some are linking mixed handedness to ADHD, which I have had forever.
At least in my old age many things are finally becoming clear.

By: cb

cb — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:12:54 +0000

#10 is great. I remember one time I was cooking with my sister and she came rushing to where I was stirring something on the stove – said she just couldn’t watch me, was afraid I was going to turn something over stirring counterclockwise with my left hand.

By: Tristan Lee

Tristan Lee — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:47:48 +0000

Being ambidextrous is important in critical situations, like needing to use chopsticks to eat Chinese food with (joking). Just like Akemi said, surgeons need to use both hands depending on the patient’s body. Another one I can think of is Kobe Bryant being able to use his left hand to shoot when his right side is being blocked. Thanks for this and I laughed on your #10 (I ask this question a lot )

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:06:14 +0000

@ Ryan, thanks for the support. Are you still on Twitter? Haven’t seen you lately, though I’m usually on late at night. That’s interesting that you have two ambidextrous daughters.

@ Akemi, some stats have shown that left-handers are much less likely to become surgeons, because it makes it harder for the team to anticipate everyone’s movements. But I can see how it would be very useful for a surgeon to switch hands when needed.

I used to put my right thumb on top. Now it feels almost as natural with my left thumb on top.

@ Jamie, yeah, you wouldn’t expect it to be such a big deal, but switching thumbs almost feels like you’re in a parallel universe.

@ cd, but if you were paying attention to the details in the first place, maybe you’d recall them.