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February 18, 2010

Veda #49 : Ambidexterity

Day 49
"What is Ambidexterity?"


Often we saw people writing or doing something with their left hand primarily. But there were some peoples that could using their both hands to do the different things at the same time. This rare skill is called Ambidexterity. different than left handed person that sometimes could use their right hand, ambidextruous person could use both of their hands to do different things fluently.

Ambidexterity is the state of being equally adept in the use of both right and left appendages (such as the hands). It is one of the most famous varieties of cross-dominance. People that are born ambidextrous are extremely rare. People that are made ambidextrous are called Penwald ambidextrous; they can also stop being both-handed. The word literally means "both right handed"; in other words, you are as good with the left hand as you are with your right hand.

Although not all scientists agree on the answer, many believe that most people’s brains develop more on one side than on the other. And since the left side of your brain controls the muscles on the right side of your body, and the right side of your brain controls the muscles on the left side of your body, this would influence the muscles in your hands as well.

Therefore, if the left side of your brain is more developed, then you are right landed. If the right side of your brain is more developed, then you are left-handed. If, however, your brain is equally developed on both sides, you are ambidextrous, you can use one hand as well as the other.

In a right-handed person, the right hand is usually larger than the left because its muscles have developed more.

2 comments:

angsiaufang said...

hmmm.... interesting..

Emmy Chen said...

in some cases I am an ambidexterious person :P