Left-Handedness
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There are different types of handedness, with approximately 10% of the population being left-handed. While left-handed individuals face challenges due to living in a right-handed world, such as difficulties with writing and using tools, left-handedness can provide advantages in areas like sports, creativity, and adaptability. However, in some cultures left-handedness was seen negatively and children were subjected to reeducation attempts to change their handedness, which could result in long-term mental and physical issues.
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- 1. Left-handedness Advantages of being Left-handed and Consequences of Reeducation
- 2. Outline 1. What is Handedness? 2. The Struggle of being Left-handed 3. Advantages of being Left-handed 4. Consequences of Reeducation
- 4. “ ” The tendency to use either the right or the left hand more naturally than the other. Oxford Dictionaries (online)
- 5. Handedness and Brain Lateralization • Human brain composed of two halves • Different specializations • One half – more active than the other LEFT HEMISPHERE RIGHT HEMISPHERE LANGUAGE FANTASY SCIENCE EMOTIONS LOGIC CREATIVITY MATHEMATICS PERCEPTION RIGHT HAND CONTROL LEFT HAND CONTROL
- 6. Types of Handedness • Right-handedness • Left-handedness • (Mixed-handedness) • (Ambidexterity) 10% 90% World Population Left-handed Right-handed
- 7. The Struggle of being Left-handed • Writing – smudges • Scissors – repetitive strain injury • School desks – no arm rest
- 8. The Struggle of being Left-handed • Interpersonal actions • Dangerous power tools • Life expectancy • 2,500/year killed from using equipment meant for right- handed people
- 9. Advantages of being Left-handed • Sports • Advantage: better spatial perception • E.g. boxing, tennis, table tennis, fencing
- 10. Advantages of being Left-handed • Creativity • Dominance of brain‘s right hemisphere: fantasy, emotions, perception, music, art etc. • Backwards writing/reading • Right to left – natural direction for left-handers
- 11. Advantages of being Left-handed • Adaptability • World dominated by right- handed people • Lefties get used to it • It‘s cool to be different!
- 13. Consequences of Reeducation • traditional/cultural reasons • E.g. in Islamic countries – left-handedness: stigma • Germany until 1970s – reeducation of left-handed preschoolers
- 14. Consequences of Reeducation • Fatal consequences • Mental issues • Memory defects and speech disorders • Bedwetting • Inner conflict
- 15. Summary • Reason for handedness: different partial activeness of the human brain • Different types of handedness • Right-handedness • Left-handedness • (Mixed-handedness) • (Ambidexterity)
- 16. Summary • Due to right-handed domination (90%), left-handers confronted with problems, awkwardness and even danger • But: many advantages e.g. in sports, creativity, perception, adaptability
- 17. Summary • Left-handedness – negative in many cultures • Reeducation brings fatal consequences • “left-hander in a right-hander’s body”
- 18. Thank you for your attention! (Do not miss Left-Handers Day, August 13th!)
- 19. Sources • Markowitsch, Hans J., Klinische Neuropsychologie, Göttingen : Hogrefe Verl. für Psychologie, 1997 • Zuckrigl, Alfred, Linkshändige Kinder in Familie und Schule, München : E. Reinhardt, 1986 • Kalilich, Jordon, “Being Left-Handed”, http://www.theworldofstuff.com/lefty/ (collected 8/6/2014)