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markb139yesterday at 9:12 PM1 replyview on HN

I’m a leftie from a 50% leftie family. Apparently I showed my left handedness as a baby when grasping for things and hardly used my right hand. My mother was also a leftie, but in her generation she was forced to write with her right hand. The net result being she could write equally well with both hands. When I learnt this I tried to copy it.


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taericyesterday at 10:20 PM

Right, I know that dexterity in a hand is largely a teachable thing.

And, similarly, I don't think this is unique to hands. It is just that most people don't know what their "dominant" foot or eye are. (I'm now curious to know about dominant ears. That is almost certainly a thing?)

My question is largely one of curiosity to know when the dominance fully sets in.