Ilda
Phil Graham wrote:
> This is like Matt. In fact, sometimes he gets confused when he does things
> like hitting a tennis ball. He wants to hold the racquet one way (with his
> left hand), but then wants to swing from a right-hander's forehand
> perspective. The result is an interesting set of confused movements on
> occasions, even though he's very well coordinated. He throws right-handed
> (extremely accurately), but sometimes uses his left with equal accuracy but
> less strength. He definitely writes left-handed and uses his left hand for
> most intricate activities.
>
> It's really an eye-opener to see how he manipulates space.
>
> Thanks for the other comments, Anthony, Ken, & Daniel.
>
> I find it hard to believe that left-handedness and addiction go together
> and will read the research with interest. At any rate, as a dry alcoholic
> and a former addict of various stripes, it'd be hard to say - if my child
> turned out to be an addict, which I hope with all my heart he doesn't -
> whether it was due to his left handedness, my (apparently) inbuilt
> proclivities passed on genetically (alcoholism runs on both sides of mine
> and my ex-wifes families), or his social environment.
>
> Phil
>
> At 21:56 10-02-99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Oh boy. Now you've got me thinking. My almost-6 year old is ambi. I don't
> >mean "hasn't developed a preference", I mean ambi. He writes right-handed,
> >eats left-handed (actually fork left-handed and chopsticks right-handed),
> >colors both-handed but more often right, ties his shoelaces exactly mirror
> >image from the way I do it (I'm a rightie), switch-hits......
> >
> >Tane Akamatsu
> >
> >
> >
> >Phil Graham wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
> >
> >
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> Phil Graham
> pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au
> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html