Are you really right handed? | Bob Duran | TEDxHartford

[eternalcloudobserver]

I joined an ambidextrous group but it didn't feel right so I left

[victorpapai]

If the right side brain controls the left hand, does that mean then that all the left handed people are in their right minds?

[dkncd]

My grandmother told me she was born left handed but in school they would force her (in not so good ways) to use her right hand.

[catmom]

My left-handed dad taught me a lot of things as a child, so I picked up a lot of his characteristics. I call myself ambidextrous, but not exactly. There are some activities I do better with one side over the other & vice-versa. I've had an injury to my left shoulder & that has really crippled me. I also mouse with my left. I'm a neuroscientist & this has always fascinated me. Although science is my game, I'm pretty right-brained.

[ADeeManz]

Being left handed I don’t think I’ve ever given a handshake or high five with my left hand

[josephmaloney]

The one that got me was folding my arms - I just COULDNT do it the other way!

[polymath]

that was the best ending to a ted talk I've ever seen

[injured_lion]

Seeing my left handed mum struggles with certain stuff
Makes me so grateful that she taught me how to use my right hand

[jeanettegriffin]

My granddaughter was born without the left side of her brain due to a brain injury in utero. She has defied a lot of odds. She's not typical but don't count her out. Language
Is tough. But she communicates. Total miracle.
The neurologist call it neuroplasticity. I think we've only tipped the iceberg on what we know about the brain
And how adaptable it really is. My granddaughter diagnosis is Cerebral palsy.
She has been going to therapy unit since she was an infant. I think it worth noting. That other children with the same diagnosis with both sides of the brain don't do well as her. It's really a head scratcher. Thanks for the info.

[purplepantedits]

I used to have a friend who was left handed but used to believe that he was right handed. So, he had a problem with handwriting and he was actually surprised when other kids in the school wrote with right hand easily. He used to be very introverted because of his bad handwriting and it also effected his grades . One day when other kids jokingly asked him to write with his left hand, as they thought it would be more worse, but he took it seriously and started practicing to write with his left hand and he was actually good at it. His handwriting changed and his personality too, it is stunning how small things can effect people a lot, many people don't even believe in his story but it is true . Now he is a District Football player and he want to play for India one day.

[Maplie]

I'm glad I wasn't so strongly left-lateralized that I experienced any difficulties as a leftie. Maybe I just got used to being in a right-handed world but really I never noticed any persecution for being left-handed. It was just a neat trivia fact that so few people wrote with their left hand to me. The way I like to think of my hands is that my left is the smart one that does smart/tricky stuff like writing, while my right hand does strong stuff like bouncing a ball or other athletic stuff.

[anthiponbent]

i love to be ambidextrous! shooting left hand and writing by right hand

[johnconnell]

I wrote a paper back in 1992 on left-handed discrimination. It touched on all of these points. I should have pursued that further and taken a different career path. Maybe the next time around.

[KingSalt]

Wink: Interchangeable, Raised Eyebrows: Both, Cupping ear: Interchangeable, Phone to Ear: Right, Environmental Sound: Usually whichever direction it's in (or where I think instinctively), Counting my fingers: Right

Resting on Hips: Usually, don't (don't feel comfortable), Scratching back: Right, Clasping my hand: Right holds left
For the putting hands together and folding arms: Found it easy, without having to think, to put them together the opposite way (first time, right thumb over left and right arm over left)

Pointing and closing eyes: Pointed with right, doesn't move with right eye

I write with my left and I used to be ambidextrous but now only use my left for writing but decently, I can use both hands for other things such as catching, throwing, reaching (whichever hand is closest to the object I'm picking up).
What does this mean? I'm confused more with life...

[Thankful_.]

So informative! This lefty is giving you a left handed high five!

[georginamannor]

I'm a stone lefty, I trained myself to shake hands with my right hand.

[RiverWoods]

He was lucky, I got hit every time I used my left hand till I finally gave in and started using my right hand. But as a teenager, my left hand suddenly started taking back its dominance as I randomly started eating with it and everything. If I am totally unconsciously starting to right something I do it with my left hand.

[staticeggshells.]

The term goofy-footed in snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing and everything to do with sports in that area actually originates from one episode in an old Mickey Mouse cartoon, where Goofy is seen surfing with his right foot forward, left foot back. This eventually caught on as a name for a right-foot forward person on a board, so thanks Goofy, for that.

[Mowizzy]

I'm so lucky as a left hand I was always protected by my dad and big brother against the bullies. Before I started school, my aunties would mock me to "encourage" me to use my right hand but my dad told them where to get off.
In school, an older male classmate bullied me for being left handed and my brother came to my rescue.

[commoveo]

During practicing skating 20 years ago I had to start practicing turning left as effectively as I was naturally doing right. After about 5 years i became aware I could eat as well with my left hand as I did right. So it made me realize I could write almost as well left handed. Anyway very interesting. Came naturally by concentrating left so much.