Posted by Dinah on November 18, 2007, at 15:08:17
In reply to Re: Mental illness and handedness (?) - rskontos, posted by rskontos on November 18, 2007, at 12:58:59
With my son, different hands are dominant for different activities. He has been presented with the opportunity to learn both ways. So he writes left handed, but bats as a rightie, for example.
He also does things like draw from the feet up, or draw shapes and fill in the extras when presented with intersecting lines, instead of drawing the intersecting lines.
I've been trying to avoid the dire literature on the topic. After all, aren't left handed presidents also overrepresented for the population? I think I prefer thinking that his fresh approach to perception will lead him to make great strides in science or engineering.
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