Information AboutRight-handed |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT RIGHT-HANDED | |
| motor skills | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
|
One who is right-handed is more dextrous with one's is right-handed, while most of the remaining are Left-handed . A very small percentage of the population can use both hands equally well; a person with this ability is deemed to be Ambidextrous . Throughout history being right-handed was considered normal (the Latin word ''dexter'' meant "right" and is associated with skill, while the Latin word ''sinister'' meant "left" and is associated with wickedness). Hence the many prejudicial connotations became associated with right handedness: skilful, diligent, dextrous, deft. The associated left brain hemisphere that is said to be more active in right-handed people, has been found to be correlated with linguistic and logical skill. In the past, many schools around the world forced left handed children to write right-handed. A good number of technological devices are made primarily for right-handers, including scissors and guitars. Examples of everyday objects primarily designed for right-handers include refrigerators and padded kitchen mittens (padded on one side only). Military rifles designed to be shot from the right shoulder only have resulted in injuries from spent cartridge casings hitting Left-handers in the eye and head. A person may also describe somebody as his Right Hand Man , which means that he relies heavily on this person, deriving from the importance and superiority place on the right over the left by many civilizations. |