Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site bcsaic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!bcsaic!pamp From: pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (pam pincha) Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.social Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness Message-ID: <218@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 14:34:11 EDT Article-I.D.: bcsaic.218 Posted: Mon Aug 19 14:34:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 00:39:40 EDT References: <127@unc.unc.UUCP> <317@luke.UUCP> Reply-To: pamp@bcsaic.UUCP (pam pincha) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.med:2119 net.kids:1695 net.social:898 Summary: In article <317@luke.UUCP> itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List) writes: > >First, I wonder if "handedness" is related to which side of the brain is >dominant. Since the right side of the brain controls the left side of >the body, and there are certain attributes associated with the right >(and left) side of the brain, mightn't trying to change "handedness" be >affected by these attributes? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes there does seem to be some basis for handedness being related to brain side dominance. There have been some studies released lately that indicate that male-left-handedness may be the result of testoterone influencing brain dominance towards the right side. There have also been links with math apptitude, allergies, myopia, and asthma to this left-handedness. Meaning that there is a trade off in certian cases. (I might be able to dig my references out of my stack of boxes -- but I would suggest checking out Science 84 sometime at the beginning of 1984. Also checkout Science News during the same time period. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pamela M. Pincha-Wagener (bcsaic!pamp) Boeing has definitely not made me their spokesperson. These are my views, I worked hard for them--Boeing can't have them. ____________________________________________________________________