what is the benefit of having a dominant hand/leg as compared to having equally skilled limbs?
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As a young kid, I didn’t have a preferred hand. Using a variety of tactics, the nursery school teachers successfully coerced me to use my right hand. I consider myself a rightie, but it is clear that I have ambidextrous tendencies. Like, while I have more dexterity with my right, my left is much stronger. It is even larger than my right hand. My left is my “go to” hand for anything requiring brute force. My right is what I use for activities involving fine motor skills.
I like that I have this division of labor. I feel like it is a good thing, by and large. However, I am a klutz. I think perhaps I wouldn’t be so klutzy if I hadn’t been forced into right-handedness. I am left eye-dominant and left leg-dominant. My left ear is also dominant. So I think I am wired to be a leftie. One of these days I am going to try to reprogram my handedness just to see what happens. Maybe I’ll turn into the dancer I have always wanted to be!
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