Having written about left-handedness in the past, I knew that in less enlightened times left-handed infants were often forced to use their right. |
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Statistical evidence links several auto-immune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis, with left-handedness. |
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The ratio of right-turning kissers to left-turners is about the same as that between right-handedness and left-handedness. |
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But it all changed when Napoleon decided to be contrary, some say because of his own left-handedness. |
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When you display your right side in a mirror, the image shows its left side back and you know how sinister left-handedness is. |
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Although sinistral individuals are known in many normally dextral species, left-handedness as a characteristic of species is rare in most gastropod clades. |
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Coren conducted several experiments that suggest left-handedness is associated with superior divergent thinking, at least in men. |
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Other posts noted the boredom of 'hump Wednesday' and even celebrated the President's quirky left-handedness. |
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Other researchers are studying how the genes for left-handedness and longevity have moved through the Utah gene pool. |
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From an analysis of the video images, investigators could estimate the man's height, study details of his eyes and eyebrows, and note his evident left-handedness. |
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Figure in my left-handedness and the numbers dwindle further. |
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There is evidence a disproportionate number of men in prison are left-handed, fueling the leap that left-handedness is related to social deviation. |
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But the recessive form of the gene does not cause left-handedness or ambidextrousness 6 it means that there is no preference for either, and handedness becomes a 50-50 chance. |
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Wolman includes first-person anecdotes of encounters with left-handers, from lefty golfers in Japan to a double amputee who nevertheless maintains his left-handedness. |
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Left-handedness may have conferred prehistoric man advantages, such as in combat, say the researchers. |
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