Why Are People Left-Handed?

[@davidfox5100]

Well I'm left handed.Everything is hard for me,Because the world is meant for right handed people.

[@coolbeans8682]

I'M A VICTIM! PLEASE RESCUE ME! ... NOT! gift me a fudging break. I'm so sick and tired of all of these self-proclaimed "victims".... grow a pair and shut the fudge up.

[@Tony2Cola]

Same

[@charlenevalladares8240]

Try growing up in the 50”s getting slapped by a ruler if caught writing with the left hand. You just adapt like every time the teacher was coming around I would switch to my right hand and back to my left when she passed. There are lots of ways for you to adapt David.

[@koomitogarrmadowdhiblaawe4129]

@@charlenevalladares8240 what? My teacher always sees me writing on left handed

[@giseled2809]

Hahaha

[@jointhestaykingdom7001]

Both of my parents are right handed, I’m left handed.

[@rickyg9682]

Same:/

[@prettyboo1093]

JOIN THE STAY KINGDOM Same!!

[@21reesethomas]

JOIN THE STAY KINGDOM same here

[@evian2125]

Sameee but me and my brother are left handed

[@legaucher649]

I'm the only left handed of my all family :(

[@CartoonKidOLLY]

leftys represent!

[@neurotransmissions]

Heck yeah!

[@Dan13Speed]

I'm a lefty, I play soccer with my left foot as well. Really gets the goal keeper confused. My mother discouraged me to be a lefty, when I was a child, so I learnt how to write with my right hand, however the left one if faster, better and always more active. I have over the years slowly and patiently tried to assign more tasks to my right side, however its not a natural instinctive process. I have to think about it, however I hope one day that my right side can be as good as my left side. I believe I will be using more of my brain when I achieve this goal.

[@mopyou7819]

my right arm is the weak arm

[@SuddyBS]

The Engineer I use my right foot to kick stuff just becasue my mum taught me liekvthat because she’s a fucking idiot

[@mgasukihanwa841]

@@Dan13Speed yessss, a left hander and left footer like me😂😂

[@ErebosGR]

I guess I'm cross-handed since I only use my left hand to write but I'm right-handed in everything else (tools, music, sports etc.)

[@neurotransmissions]

Oh wow! How interesting. Do you think you were constrained to being right-handed in those situations or did it come naturally?

[@ErebosGR]

When I was 8-10, I tried a few times to switch sides but it never felt right (pun not intended). The strangest thing was that I was comfortable writing with chalk on the blackboard with my right and not my left hand, but I could only write with a pen/pencil with my left. I guess it had to do with different levels of fine motor function.

[@neurotransmissions]

Fascinating! I wonder if the angle plays a role, too.

[@SuperMrOtto]

ErebosGR i’ve had the exact same experience as a child i used to write with my left hand and paint with my right hand. Now i do both with my left But i still use my right hand for throwing and catching things

[@juancampos7233]

Im the same way left is only for writing, right for everything els. I would say that were mixed handed. I saw a video that explained mixed handedness but dont really remember it to well its supposed to be rare among left handed people. Side note i like to go shooting and when i use a side arm i use my left hand, but when i use a long gun/rifle i use my right hand... in the since that i shoot it the way a right handed person would.

[@mdilc9713]

bro legit my WHOLE family like my great grandma, grandma, mum, dad, great grandad etc you get the pictures we’re ALL right handed and then there’s me who is LEFT HANDED

[@JesusLopez-un6mw]

Same here too. We are weirdos and unique because we are the ones who grab people’s attention. 👍

[@emilydrury4136]

OMG same

[@lesbianmess620]

Even if i hold a pen in my right hand my brain just says: ERROR

[@sethsutherlin9905]

same

[@JesusLopez-un6mw]

I know the feeling. Tell a right handed person to do the same so that they can understand our pain 😩😩😩😩.

[@lawrenzoantista736]

😂 error 404 function not found

[@WUZ.r]

@@JesusLopez-un6mw We always do that though.

[@danaeyoung9896]

yep and my mom my dad and my little brother are right handed me just left handed

[@KhAnubis]

I just didn‘t want to be right handed, because everyone else was doing it. 🤚

[@neurotransmissions]

Haha, the true hipster.

[@KhAnubis]

I mean, I largely grew up in Portland, so...

[@violetcrystal333]

Same lol

[@koomitogarrmadowdhiblaawe4129]

Same🌻I didn't care what hand I write on!

[@Cincy-x1m]

Same but I’m stuck being right handed :/

[@chanelortiz9105]

Both of my parents are right handed... But my aunt from my moms side is a lefty just like Me and im proud to be one!!

[@xVx_Krt_xVx_KillMe]

At least you have relatives. I have NO ONE. Not even my most distant cousins share my pain

[@slimjim7095]

Sameee

[@ARTiculations]

I wonder what types of effects occur for left-handed people who are forced to be right-handed. Where I grew up in China, left handed kids are slapped on the hand and forced to use their right hand. It's probably due to some old superstition and the fact that we traditionally used ink to write and you don't want to smudge over what you just wrote. I wonder if the left-handed person who is forced to use their right hand will be disadvantaged through their life because they are technically using their non-dominate hand. Or, is this something that won't really matter that much in the long run. But I guess, these types of experiences are probably difficult to study.

[@KhAnubis]

The history of this is actually really interesting. It's widely known that 4 out of the last 6 US Presidents were lefties, but before the 20's, our data on the matter is mostly shrouded by mystery, since being left-handed was practically treated as if it were an illness. In Ancient Rome, soldiers would march right-left-right-left (dex-sin-dex-sin [notice anything familiar]), since the left side was considered unlucky. As a leftie myself, I'm personally interested in when (and why) these attitudes changed. Also, I largely grew up using a right-handed mouse, but later (aged around 12 or 13) decided to switch the mouse over, to match my hand dominance, and it was a bit difficult at first, but now I find I pretty much can't use a right-handed mouse anymore.

[@neurotransmissions]

That is a tough question. I imagine lefties would get used to writing with their right hand, but it may cause unnecessary stress. That is one of the possible hypotheses behind why left-handed people’s lifespans are several years shorter on average. Essentially being forced into a right-handed environment when it is not natural. But again, that’s not proven.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

​@@neurotransmissions I've always heard that a lefty being forced to be a righty could cause them to be a stutterer. Is that true?

[@jesse154]

Never would have thought about this. Whoa

[@smittenkitten0179]

I'm one the people sad

[@opheliaatlas4636]

My dad is a lefty but her mom teach him how to write with right hand so now he can write with both hands

[@rejanebrito4366]

During most time of my life I thought I was left handed. But, I just found out that can write and draw with both hands! I just can't write on the board with my left hand and can't write on the paper with the right hand...at least, not very well...I don't know why I'm like that...

[@savatrifunovic6516]

Saaameee literally. I was writing on board with right hand and on paper i write with left. Never understooded ? 🤔🤦‍♂️

[@hrithikwadia9805]

If you keep your hand on the board it will erase the text you just wrote. That's why it's hard for lefties to write on boards.

[@bradgodin]

I am left handed and always noticed in my life that I had an advantage over everyone else. The way I process information, in combat situations, etc.. But I quickly realized that a left handed person living in a right handed world was hard..So I adapted to become proficient in both. I succeeded.

[@retromikexd1198]

Mom do you know im super hero,I USE MY LEFT HAND IM THE TERMINATOR.Bro thats stupid

[@S.G-Greivous]

@@retromikexd1198 wtf

[@willwailes9298]

I'm mixed-handed and it seems like there's a pattern, not just random preference. I write left handed, I shoot guns right handed, I shoot pool right handed, I use scissors right handed. In all of these activities, my left hand is extended past my right. The only activity where this isn't true is my boxing stance.

[@doomqkklr4690]

I’m left handed I’m special 🙃😁

[@rachelngatia3753]

Exactly embrace it

[@mayukh5993]

@Anshu Man! ,🤣🤣

[@firehawk6230]

Don't believe all the shit they come up with 😂

[@drali]

Very cool to see the final result! Nicely done Neuro Transmissions!!!!!

[@neurotransmissions]

Thanks Ali for being on the stream the other day! I love it when everything comes together.

[@KitanKate]

im cross handed, i think a lot more people are cross handed than we think tbh since the world is right handed. One weird thing about me i that i throw a ball over arm with my right hand and under arm with my left hand (i used to throw fully left handed but as i got older i switched for some reason)

[@MIKIVELES369]

Back in the '80 at the age of 6-7 while learning to write i found it easier to write with the left hand. At the time it was believed that this was a sign of mental development problems and i was forced to learn to write with the right hand in hope to ''correct these issues'' . LOL

[@neurotransmissions]

Yeah, there seems to be an extensive history of left-handedness being a sign of evil as well. How strange! What hand do you write with now?

[@MIKIVELES369]

I write with my right hand in everyday use. When i try to make a quick note with my left hand my handwriting looks like im back in elementary school. LOL. I bet if i put some effort into it i can refine it in a year or two. For everything else im pretty ambidextrous, i can pick up and use a cup, a fork, a spoon etc with either hand. Thanks for asking. Bye.

[@samuelhenry6060]

I used to be completely left handed couldn't do anything right handed, I wrote, played sports, kicked a ball, shot a bow with left hand dominance. When I was an exchanged student in japan I took a calligraphy class and a sword kendo class and the instructors made me do them right handed. I don't know what it was but now I can pick things up right handed pretty easily. Like some switch flipped and now using my right eye as dominant or holding a bat right handed doesn't feel so strange.

[@jasminemoon8308]

I'm a girl and I'm left handed

[@satohu5242]

Ok

[@dayeotmoegeo]

Same

[@minarawa9645]

With ya

[@rachelngatia3753]

Same which has a small % and we should be proud of it ✨

[@yadana._]

Me too

[@pok3rh3rgood]

We need a left handed person doing the research chat , because since she is right handed I could see the bias towards lefties. It's facts more lefties are geniuses.

[@shinryanrey855]

January 2021? but I can use both? any explanation? weather left or right equal

[@izelaConcepcion]

I have a question, I only use my left hand only for writing and do errands using my right hand. Am I a left handed?

[@dazza9859]

Often wonder how I would have turned out as left handed.I changed as a child to a right handed person.

[@SnakeBlozck]

No matter the task, my hands do the same. make me type three paragraphs with my left, than right, same exact time. Make me throw with my left, then right, same length and power. I can also wright (almost) perfectly with both hands. My left hand has a problem with writing the letter D, I also eat with either hand (depending on my mood) I consider myself, truly, ambidextrous.

[@OniPutItOn]

can you feel different parts of your brain being activated when you use each hand?

[@SnakeBlozck]

@@OniPutItOn I guess so. I heard that your left side of your body is controlled by the right side of your brain, and contrary. So, I suppose it does feel different when I wright with a certain hand.

[@reneperez1010]

Anyone else ever feel lonely ? Like your different from everyone else. Or is it me? I’ve always felt like growing up. I felt like I was always different from my peers. Ever since I was a young soul. I felt like I stuck out. Lefties please respond.

[@hustlasttv]

Same

[@alexander10122]

I kinda also feelt like that and i still do now with 21 years old, idk it's wierd maybe we are aliens...

[@vivhiggins5656]

Yes i know what you ar saying trying too say we ar evil fancy saying that too a child its the way god made us no i use both teachers would try and make write whith my right and give me the cane i still write whith my left but do every thing whith my right both my children ar left and i would dream of makeing them write whith there right ar missd words out i was not going write here eny more has people jump on my spelling and my daughter is a nurse, and my son is verey bright,

[@PatPat0512]

I'm crossed handed. Right hand to write/draw mostly, left hand for a lot of stuff like open something, using tools.

[@doubled2608]

I do everything with both just as efficient but i dont wright with my right but im pretty sure i can learn to do so

[@SlightlyBurntToast]

Well now I know I'm cross handed but I'm mostly left handed

[@reshamau2422]

I think I found likely evidence that I was probably converted from being a lefty in my preschool years. Just this summer when I was digging through the family album photos because I was bored, I came across photographic evidence of me using my left hand for writing. I don't remember how old I was, I might have to go back at a later time and see if there was a timestamp on when the photo was taken. If I had to guess, I'd say maybe around age 3 or 4? Anyways, yeah I found that one photo. I don't know if there is more. My family wasn't able to bring all of our family photos when we immigrated to Canada a decade ago, so who knows. I just found it interesting, seeing as I experimented with switching my hands way back when I was in middle school even before I discovered that photo. At this point in my life, I'm already heavily left hand dominant.

[@Buff_cat1]

is it weird that i write with my left hand but do like everything else with my right hand?

[@nicolaiveliki1409]

Bilingual and crosshanded. There are only two things I can't do as well with my left hand: handling a pen (or pencil, crayon etc.) and scissors (which are mostly designed for right handed people, though I also have a hard time using lefty scissors with my left hand). Is there a known link between multilingualism and increased aptitude with the non-dominant hand?

[@panthercreek60]

Both of my paternal grandparents were left handed. My paternal grandfather , being left handed, had 3 left handed brothers and his father was lefty. Many of my cousins and aunts and uncles are either left handed or cross handed. I'm a lefty. I chop wood and swing a bat right handed, but only because that is the manner in which I use my dominant hand

[@saukatz]

I‘m also a mix of cross and ambi. I write with my left hand, but do most of the other tasks with my right hand. When I paint a picture or put on make-up I can use both hands equally. My brother is completely left-handed. My other brother is completely right-handed. My mom used to be left handed but was trained to use the right one and her dad was ambi and cross too. I always found that topic so interesting. Thank you for the video!

[@neurotransmissions]

How interesting! That must be handy (pun intended) to be able to use both hands equally well. What happens when you try to do mirrored behaviors with both hands? Does it work out as well?

[@equesdeventusoccasus]

Testing the genius hypothesis is fairly simple, unless things have changed since I was a kid, schools have gifted programs which to get in you have to take tests including psych evals to determine that you are a person with a high IQ, highly adaptive person and an atypical thinking process. (Which always made me think that being labeled a genius was tantamount to saying I had a mental disorder.) Anyway, a simple blind survey of these programs could determine the percentage of young geniuses that are left handed. In my program in high school, 70% of us were lefties. At the time there were only ten in the group, so to small a sample to be statistically significant, but get every program across the country and you might have a good sample that would cost very little to achieve.

[@neurotransmissions]

Yes! And in fact, that exact thing has been done. Here is one of the studies we cited to support that claim. It sampled from 7688 children: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1000995

[@equesdeventusoccasus]

Neuro Transmissions Not exactly what I was proposing, however it does argue for the possibility that my gifted group was an outlier rather than the norm. As I was reviewing some of the other studies I found a smaller one that appeared to be closer to what I was suggesting, but I couldn't understand what they were talking about in the abstract. It is perhaps because I don't know the correct jargon, or perhaps if I read the entire study it might make sense. What are your thoughts on: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9339338

[@SarahGerster]

I'm curious, I'm left-handed but right handed to right. Somehow I get quite confused about what I can and can't do. When I knit, I knit inverted(only my grandma who is left-handed could figure out how to correct my mistakes. I had to teach myself how to crochet because I can't process someone who crochets with their right hand. So I've ended up inverting it left-handed. How I've no clue?! I can't seem to even do a simple braid without getting mixed up by the end and my braid not even looking like a braid. Most can't figure out how I do most things and to be honest I can't either!? It's really getting to the point where I can't ask for help, even from left-handed people as they have said some how I've inverted what I'm doing. How is this possible? Is there any way I can learn do(or even see a right handed person or a lefty handed person do what they do and me repeat them?) things either right or lefthanded? Or see one way or the other? Most don't realize just how much one misses out fro very small things like braiding, knitting down to the bigger things like walking into something because my eyes/brain saw it on the oposite side. Thus is horrible to explain but it's so very true and discouraging and makes me look and be so very clumsy ontop of it all..PLEASE, can you explain this to me? Thanks in advance! Keep up with your awesome talks and thanks again!

[@alanrogerson-rogersonart1936]

The book The Puzzle Of Left- Handedness by Rik Smitts says that a percentage of Lefties have a left- brain learning disability. They also have a right- brained talent to counteract their learning disability. I am one of them. It was terrible for school, because I didn't know how to retrieve the info that I was trying to learn. But, for me as an artist, it's a real blessing.

[@spicymangooo]

Ah, I’m cross-handed! I never felt like I was ambidextrous. Only one of my twin uncles is a lefty like me in our immediate family.

[@hoohoopotahrebus1760]

I'm left handed, when eating with spoon I eat with the left and with my right hand when not using one, I throw with my left hand. I write with my left.

[@Hazel-ou2yk]

My parents are right handed but I am left handed

[@lexboi87]

I'm the youngest of 6 kids. 3 of us are Lefty's & the other 3 Righty's. My Mom is Right handed & My Dad is Left handed. Also out of all 6 of us kids, 3 are boys and 3 are girls. (2 boys and 1 girl are Lefty's & 2 girls & 1 boy Righty's.)

[@mistyhaney5565]

I'm female and the only left-handed child out of six siblings, with two right-handed parents. I am very left dominant, most people are actually on a spectrum of how well they are able to utilize their non-dominant side.

[@olaasad1204]

I was always left handed and stood out for being so but sometimes being unique can means too not fitting in. It's not a bad thing though. I learned how to use both. I eat using my right hand but certainly when writing I can't but use my left hand.

[@izelaConcepcion]

We're the same

[@binnieminnie9803]

The real question is Why are people handed? Why are they not footed/feeted instead?

[@AUXdrone]

As someone with two left feet, i’m offended at your oversight.

[@callumkristofer7793]

I'm semi-ambidextrous. I use my right hand to write, but will switch to my left hand should my right wrist begin to hurt. And switch back WHEN my left wrist begins to hurt. I take much longer to write with my left hand, and it begins to hurt sooner for whatever reason. Maybe cross-handed, because I open nearly everything with my left, save for journals, and some car doors. But i prefer to write with my right hand. Which is a bit weird... I'll often use both hands, for either side of my mouth when brushing my teeth.

[@butcrack6786]

Here's a scary stat for you. 10% are left handed. 60% of schizophrenic patients are left handed.

[@notnnor]

I'm right handed but I wanna be a leftie so I trained for years.. and I lost my ability of writing with my right hand, so im a leftie now ☺

[@torchgirl7401]

Ronn Blue wow (I’m a born lefty btw)

[@katlasaedal4427]

Ronn Blue wow. Your awesome

[@mav2011]

Man, I would’ve just learned a language or something tbh

[@dovestone_]

Imposter

[@ashwinsharma7931]

im a lefty

[@shtgmrshot]

I am lefty as well

[@paul4005]

Im a right:))

[@TheXanderGrim]

Actually had a Psychiatrist say Left handed ness and mix handed people respond differently to meds only to have it confirmed by a NeuroPsychiatrist. So there are studies , few but they exist.

[@nickc.lanides6220]

Being right handed, why do you have an earring only, in your upper left ear?

[@Fuphyter]

I'm only lefty in a family of 7. The only other lefty is my paternal grandmother. Catholic school made her learn to write right handed. Smacked her knuckles until she did too. I've always been creative musically and artistically. I was a self taught architect for years, pencil on vellum. I learned survey drafting too with rapidograph pens.

[@lifewithelle1103]

I was writing with left hand since I was younger but when I started getting older I started writing with both hands

[@dutchik5107]

Im a mix of crosshanded and ambidextrous. Like writing i only was allowed to practice with right, since my handwriting was already shit. And scissors well. I can easily cut with my left hand. Just more used to it right, cause almost all the school scissors growing up were righthanded. But especially new things it doesn't matter one bit. So i just write it off as living in a right handed world and then just using tools and all right handed. Cause they are made for that. And thus just being from practice. But like when i write left handed i hold my pen differently, more writing up rather than sideways so i can still kind of read what i wrote

[@neurotransmissions]

That's so interesting. Environment seems to play a role in handedness, but even if you're forced to use your right hand, does that really mean you're right-handed for that task? I think it just means you have no other option and you adapt. I'm sorry you have to deal with that! We need more access to left-handed tools. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@dutchik5107]

Neuro Transmissions my handwriting was equall shitty with both. My mom just forced me to use the same hand. And then chose right handed. My left handwriting is shitty, but on the same level right was now like 4 years ago. Before i had written hours every day with a fountain pen for school. I don't need left handed tools. Since both sides are the same for new tasks. Even tho i do have ambidextrous scissors. But thats just the ikea scissor design. Symmetrical My dad is lefthanded after all so she doesnr have a thing against left handed ness. (Even tho he was forced for a while to write with right in school. But his teachers gave up. Since his handwriting is shitty too and left was the most readable.)

[@RonFleener]

Left handed myself. Very interesting on how many things are "right handed" Just put tools or kitchen utensils in your right hand and easily read print. Put them in left hand and normally it's upside down

[@joaoyapur1247]

in Argentina back in the 70s and before that of course if you were a left handed kid at school teachers would tie your left arm or hit you with a ruler to force you to be right handed, many people developed weird after effects of that traumatic education such as speech impediments.

[@googleuser-gn1sp]

I'm left handed both my parents were right handed as well as my brothers and sister. Now what smarty pants? I'm not adopted.

[@SomeOne-jg9lc]

If I write with my left can but can open a jar with my right hand..... What am I?

[@SomeOne-jg9lc]

Fun fact I have 3 friends who are left handed as well lol

[@liampaulmassey]

I'm naturally right handed but 2 & a half years ago I practiced doing 1 handed texting with my LEFT hand when I was sat on the sofa incase I dropped my phone & now I always use my left hand even when I’m walking around but still can handle it just as good with my right hand, I've also started picking up my cup of tea & drinks with my left hand, I originally held my tea spoon in my right hand when I stirred Coffee or Hot Chocolate but after holding my tea spoon in my left hand & a lot of practice I now no longer make a racket when stirring with it in my left hand, one weird thing is I've ALWAYS held my Knife & Fork the left handed way round, I’ve even been practicing writing with my left hand, first I practiced the full alphabet in lower case & capitals & then I started practicing writing sentences in cursive writing with my left hand and now I write the 100 most common words in the English Dictionary plus another 30 that I think are used often in cursive writing & it’s getting neater

[@katlasaedal4427]

I guess in left/cross-handed? Like I write and do things w/ my left hand but there are stuff that I do w/ my right hand

[@rickyg9682]

I got exited when my 4th brother started to write with his left i am not the only one anymore 😂

[@liampaulmassey]

I'm naturally right handed but about 6 & a half years ago for 3 months I practiced using my phone single handedly with my left hand & by that I mean when you hold it in your left hand & just use your left hand thumb, I also practiced doing 1 handed texting when holding it in my left hand and just useing my left hand thumb when I was sat on the sofa incase I dropped my phone because it used to shake & now I always use my left hand even when I’m walking around but still can handle it just as good with my right hand. I started picking up my cup of tea & drinks with my left hand. I originally held my tea spoon in my right hand when I stirred Coffee or Hot Chocolate but after holding my tea spoon in my left hand & a lot of practice I now no longer make a racket when stirring with the tea spoon in my left hand. I started practicing writing with my left hand, first I practiced the full alphabet in lower case & capitals, then I started writing the 100 most common words in the English dictionary plus another 30 words that I think are also common & I did it in joined up writing/cursive writing & it got a lot neater. I think learning how to use my phone single handedly with my left hand first may have helped me learn to concentrate when writing with my left hand & that's because it used to be shaky but eventually I got my left arm & hand stronger & it became perfectly steady. I've also got used to doing other everyday things left handedly. This came in handy in 2022 when I broke my right hand wrist on the 21st of May and had a cast from the 23rd of May when I found out it was broke then I had an operation on the 9th of June and had K-Wires in my wrist and had a cast till the 20th of July. I got even more used to having to do everything left-handedly.

[@Cairnsc19]

I discovered that if I’m holding a ball I’ll kick with my right foot but if I’m kicking the ball along the ground I’ll use my left foot

[@scottfw7169]

I don't know that my being left handed has anything to do with it but I keep being astonished when the circular friendship cross stitch art thing is in the background instead of the foreground and goes behind your head instead of in front of it. Probably doesn't have anything to do with my being autistic either. But the strength of the sensation is remarkable enough to comment on.

[@rashthapa4407]

I am left handed. In context of Nepal using left hand is regarded as crime. There are so many social rules which are prohibited as well. like not eat with left hand. Not write, not worship god not offer anything to anyone. I am also facing all these issues till now. But I feel confident on my lefty habits.☺️😊☺️

[@freshoutofcrabs]

TIL my dad is not ambidextrous - he's cross handed. He writes and throws a ball right handed, but plays pool left handed, for example.

[@mistyhaney5565]

My child is cross-handed, or task specific regarding the hand or foot used. He is also nearly symetrical. He was diagnosed with autism at three and a half and part of the numerous tests included precise measurements regarding bilateral symmetry. Most people are not symmetrical, one side of the bodies extremities are slightly larger. The only asymmetrical feature he has is one earlobe being very slightly longer than the other. His task specific nature doesn't seem to have any underlying pattern, i.e. fine motor skills versus gross motor skills.

[@jillibeens57]

I write with my left hand, and perfect mirror image with my right hand, at the same time. It's not something I taught myself. I've been that way since I learned to write.

[@oyakodon69]

Only my dad is left handed and I turned out to be a lefty, but my mom somehow turned me into a righty

[@katsu8257]

Im left handed but when i eat my spoon is on right and when i wave im using my right hand

[@hornitorrincoperezoso2189]

I'm left-handed but do most things other than writing in the right-handed way, though I don't think it's because I'm naturally "cross-handed". I think it's because all the tools, sports equipment, etc is made to be used right-handed. When I played little league the coach just told me line up on the right-handed side of the plate at bat, and that's how I learned it. When I started golfing the only clubs I had were righty, so I learned righty. When I learned to use a computer, the mouse was on the right side, so I learned it that way. When I use power tools or a rifle the only comfortable way is to do it right-handed, etc. The only things I do lefty besides writing are throwing a ball or using a racquet.

[@willemvandebeek]

I thought right-handedness won in evolution, because left-handedness exposes the jugular and all the other veins close to the heart that make it easier to bleed out.

[@neurotransmissions]

Thank you for bringing this up, Willem! Evolutionary biology can be very fun and exciting to think about. However, we need to be careful because sometimes it's just a bunch of hogwash. Hypotheses like the one you present is just not provable. So it could be that more people are right-handed because then we can more quickly protect our jugular...or someone made up a really cool story.

[@willemvandebeek]

Not provable? Isn't amputation of the left arm more lethal than amputation of the right arm? I am not saying we should start amputating limbs left and right, but hospital records of accidents and even during wartime would show this, wouldn't it?

[@Max-ls2ye]

I'm cross handed XDDDDDD life is For example I play soccer with my right foot, I throw anything with my left, I play basketball with my left, I play guitar with my right I write with my right sooooooooo...... Life is hard

[@firdous8218]

Lefty and prouddddd

[@jayvon.1k]

it’s pretty weird, i write with my right hand and i suck at writing with my left hand, but i throw a football and shoot a basketball left handed and i’m pretty good at both but i suck at both of them right handed.

[@jayvon.1k]

well i guess i’m cross handed, i just heard it in the video

[@geoffreygeorgeattard]

Why is it that although I am right-handed, it comes naturally to me to use a fork in my right hand rather than the left? Could there be an explanation?

[@iggyrap1141]

I'm cross handed I write with my left hand but do basically everything else with my right hand like cutting with scissors or throwing or catching a ball wtf Owo

[@neurotransmissions]

That is so interesting! Do you think you were taught that way or was it natural?

[@iggyrap1141]

@@neurotransmissions natural since It's always felt right to catch and throw a ball more with my right hand as for cutting I'm not sure I mean if I catch and throw with my right I'm pretty sure its the same for cutting if that makes sense

[@izelaConcepcion]

Same with me

[@persikii8020]

I do everything with left handed except throwing things. I do using my right hand and my daughter was born with the same issue until now she hasn’t decided which hand she will use because she use both.

[@dheerajphone9128]

Cross-dominant here. Right-handed for everything except shaving (where I use one hand for each side of my face) and playing cricket/baseball (where I use my left hand to swing the bat). I bowl or throw the ball with my right hand though.

[@neurotransmissions]

How interesting! Was it automatic that you'd hit on that side or did you pick it up from someone?

[@dheerajphone9128]

If I picked it up from someone, I don't remember who or how early in my life. But in all my memories of playing cricket, I've always stood and played the lefty way. I thought it was normal before I was told otherwise. Standing and playing the righty way feels weird and I can't aim for the ball if I play that way. It's the same for how I play table-tennis (back-hand with the right) or would hold a tennis racket or a golf club.

[@antaresqlapard]

People say theres 10-12% people are left handed. Well I've met 3000+ students in my school time. Never saw one face to face.

[@Cutenerdywoman]

I wish the study more about being left handed. I'm left handed and I had a stroke in my right brain. I have aphasia, very rare and a lot dr. Was calling me, "oh you're that one rarely seen".

[@anonymousperson26223]

im cross handed i play sports and use my mouse with right but write and open jarls with left

[@keindyjamodiong9143]

they say that if you are ambidextrous,you become intelligent when you use both side of the brain.

[@ellasscraps7734]

I am a woman, left handed, artistic, creative, intelligent, and have had to sons that are left handed when their father was right handed.

[@Kiwin23]

Im naturally left handed, made to be right handed. This has affected my eesteem and worth. As was told, not wanted as a left handed. How do I undo the damage?

[@mav2011]

Leanne Jones I’m no expert, but I’d recommend seeing a therapist. No damage can be undone, but there can be reparations.

[@tikitorch1093]

Just think of all the great left-handers in history. And that lefties achieve greatness out of all proportion to their numbers. There’s a lot to be proud of!

[@jt56giants]

I am left handed and left eye dominant, you didn’t say if there’s a correlation between the two tendencies. Thanks

[@quadzilla561]

There are some right handed people that have solid left hands when they fight

[@garyferguson5468]

I am left handed and left handed people tend to be very intelligent

[@jaxs7800]

I write with my left hand, use scissors with my right, throw a ball with my left, throw a frisbee with my right, left eye dominant, and right foot dominant

[@none-ih3cv]

As a lefty I am amused watching right handers cut and eat food. I am now cross handed since my Catholic school beat be when I used my left.

[@inuwamuhammedfalalu7406]

My dad is a left-handed and 11 of his children I am the only one left-handed like him and guest what? I have a very poor handwriting like my dad .. But the family n friends keep telling me I am smarter than I believe I am. Every thing I do is with left hand n. Leg. I still could not handle spoon with My right hand. But truly speaking I feel guilty and uncomfortable

[@axelfuentes1376]

I feel like handedness is like learning a language. With plenty of practice one can become very good at it.

[@vnox5223]

I feel the same although for some people it's easier. I'm right handed but I can throw with my left almost as well. I just need to get some grip/forearm strength to be able to throw very far with it.

[@poeticjustice144]

I'm left handed, female and both parents are right handed but my grandma is lefthanded too

[@briannahernanz]

what if you were meant to be left handed but you got punished when you were little so now you’re a right handed

[@Kelly-tb7it]

I write,carry things and do sport using my left hand but when im eating or something i used my right hand

[@michelletonna2436]

I am right handed and my name is Angelise

[@twobearsinspace]

No your michelle

[@jamiewilson5162]

Left or right dominance occurs mainly by the spinal column in the womb.

[@coltsfan79]

I would be considered crosshanded as I write lefthanded but throw righthanded and depending on the task I'm either or but the there's some things I can do with both hands equally well.

[@ok-bp5qc]

My whole family is right handed I'm the only one who is left handed

[@darshan6308]

I'm also, lefty

[@kitsisomokgwabone5798]

I am also left handed and every frick in time I draw my hand for some reason

[@WUZ.r]

I’m left handed but only when I’m... you know what... I’m not gonna finish this sentence.

[@MrDexter337]

I use my foot, what does that make me?

[@Burning27]

😂 That makes you a weird child you are the special one

[@chanderson2559]

My mom uses her left hand for almost everything except for writing.