Left-handers and learning

Phil Graham (pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au)
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:52:42 +1100

Does anyone know much about differences in the ways left-handed people
learn stuff (indeed, do they learn fundamentally differently? Does it have
anything to do with left-right handedness ? I dunno ...). I ask because I
watched a small triumph as my son Matt (6) finally learned to tie his
shoelaces.

When he managed to do it, the way he did it was not only completely swapped
around from left to right from the way I had continually shown him, but
also from front to back. Watching him overcome a relatively large obstacle,
it dawned on me how completely differently from me he interprets suff
spatially. I've noticed differences before, but this particular instance
really exaggerated the different way he sees stuff to me and the other
right-handers he's surrounded by.

Phil


Phil Graham
pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au
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