Writing with non-dominant hand: left-handers perform better with the right hand than right handers with the left

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2012

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Laskowski, K.
Henneberg, M.

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Anthropological Review, 2012; 75(2):129-136

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Kristina Laskowski and Maciej Henneberg

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Adult volunteers (7 females, 7 males) aged between 19 and 51 years, 7 right-handers and 7 left-handers, were asked to complete re-training writing tasks by using their non-dominant hand over 10 consecutive days. It is possible for adults to learn quickly to write legibly with their non-dominant hand. Left handers have a higher legibility score initially although right-handers improved with training more than left-handers. Individual’s performance was unrelated to age and sex in the small sample studied.

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© 2012 Polish Anthropological Society. This content is Open Access.

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