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Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness
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Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 12:47:41 EDT
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> 
> There is really nothing wrong with being left handed. Recent
> studies have been linking it with a higher math aptitude.
> (It should be noted that left-handedness is generally a
> male trait (Note: I didn't say that no females are, just that
> males are more likely to be left handed.) and may indicate
> more of a right brain orientation (due to the influence of
> testosterone during brain orientation(?...am not sure if this is
> the right word...I just moved and my references are in one
> of those mirad boxes of books somewhere.....). High math ability,
> musical ability, certian allergy problems, some tendancy towards
> dyslexia, and asthma all seem to be related to the influence
> of testosterone on the male system. 
> 
> 				P.M.Pincha
> 				(!bcsaic!pamp)
> 	

	Two of my sisters are left handed as well as my wife.  However
my daughter and I are righthanded while my son appears to be left handed
(3 yrs old).

Steve Tenbrink
sct@lanl.arpa