Comments on: Why We’re Left-Handed http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/2009/12/29/why-were-left-handed/ Your left hand, your right hand, and both sides of your brain Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rolf http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/2009/12/29/why-were-left-handed/comment-page-1/#comment-8000 Rolf Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:03:01 +0000 http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/?p=405#comment-8000 This post is really misleading. This gene does not cause left-handedness. This post is really misleading. This gene does not cause left-handedness.

]]> By: Gizme http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/2009/12/29/why-were-left-handed/comment-page-1/#comment-7995 Gizme Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:31:24 +0000 http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/?p=405#comment-7995 If you actually read and understand the research, you will see that this gene does not cause left-handedness at all. It is sometimes associated with left-handedness. That's all. If you actually read and understand the research, you will see that this gene does not cause left-handedness at all. It is sometimes associated with left-handedness. That’s all.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/2009/12/29/why-were-left-handed/comment-page-1/#comment-7991 Bonnie Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:24:11 +0000 http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/?p=405#comment-7991 Is there any evidence/research about the prevalence of left-handedness in countries where the mother tongue is written from left to right? I wonder if left-handedness has been suppressed less in such cultures where writing left-handedly is not (at least perceived to be)awkward. (I am right-handed, but being an ergomonomist I am interested in designing for all of the population, and working in a multi-national organisation I am also interested in cultural differences which we need to design for in our products too, hence the question.) Is there any evidence/research about the prevalence of left-handedness in countries where the mother tongue is written from left to right? I wonder if left-handedness has been suppressed less in such cultures where writing left-handedly is not (at least perceived to be)awkward.

(I am right-handed, but being an ergomonomist I am interested in designing for all of the population, and working in a multi-national organisation I am also interested in cultural differences which we need to design for in our products too, hence the question.)

]]> By: Admin http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/2009/12/29/why-were-left-handed/comment-page-1/#comment-7990 Admin Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:50:47 +0000 http://www.rkwest.com/left-handed/?p=405#comment-7990 According to the researchers who did the study, this gene is linked in some way to left handedness, but is not essential for left handedness. They also said that lefties don't need to worry about the connection to schizophrenia, as there many other factors involved. This gene affects the symmetry of the brain. But there are other reasons for handedness, and other research has shown that handedness is not an absolute. According to the researchers who did the study, this gene is linked in some way to left handedness, but is not essential for left handedness. They also said that lefties don’t need to worry about the connection to schizophrenia, as there many other factors involved. This gene affects the symmetry of the brain. But there are other reasons for handedness, and other research has shown that handedness is not an absolute.

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