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104: The Science of Left Handedness
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104: The Science of Left Handedness

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April 12, 202154m 54s

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Show Notes

Are you left handed or right handed? This week we talk about the benefits (and drawbacks) of being a southpaw - and why we even have Handedness in the first place...

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References & Further Reading

Handedness
  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/
  2. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/bf03337470.pdf
  3. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2016.1127
  4. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/B9780123851574004747?token=CAFE5C834602FE1A71A7FFB7ED77D96EA36F7B8B77F672CB614A08C764CFA5AF57851CCAD67BC439F9B58EC1B380D5F7

Origin of Handedness
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb11oOHYNXM&t=396s
  2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49579810#:~:text=Scientists%20have%20found%20the%20first,linked%20to%20being%20left%2Dhanded.&text=The%20team%20at%20the%20University,development%20and%20the%20dominant%20hand.
  3. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/
  4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441088/
  5. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627581-600-southpaws-the-evolution-of-handedness/
  6. https://www.livescience.com/what-causes-left-handedness.html
  7. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/7/eaax9935
  8. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-0-387-79061-9_1346
  9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123750006001889
  10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831280/
  11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0891422220301682

Forcing Right Handedness
  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42827363.pdf?ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A4080085e7e4a69c992eac026fe022703
  2. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/brain
  3. https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070716/full/070716-4.html
  4. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/30/9/3271

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