LEFT-HANDEDNESS AND MIRROR WRITING, ESPECIALLY AMONG DEFECTIVE CHILDREN

Mirror writing, left-handedness, and leftward scripts.

This minireview concerns a new observation on mirror writing. An uncommon form of writing, mirror writing is seen among healthy individuals, but it can also follow a variety of neurological diseases; it is nearly always carried out with the left hand and is more easily undertaken by left-handers. We have found that a particularly high prevalence of left-handed mirror writing has been reported a...

Left-Handedness

Understanding left-handedness.

BACKGROUND The human cerebrum is asymmetrical, consisting of two hemispheres with differing functions. Recent epidemiological and neurobiological research has shed new light on the development of the cerebral lateralization of motor processes, including handedness. In this article, we present these findings from a medical perspective. METHOD We selectively searched the PubMed online database ...

Developmental Aspects of Left-handedness

Investigations to explore human handedness have been conducted for ages. It is still uncertain what causes people to use the left or the right hand. Clues supporting the genetic origin of handedness have been accumulating and provide the best evidence. Nevertheless, in some populations there are different types of left-handers that do not seem to be explained solely by genes and differ from oth...

Mirror Writing and a Dissociative Identity Disorder

Individuals with dissociative identity disorder (DID) have been known to show varied skills and talents as they change from one dissociative state to another. For example, case reports have described people who have changed their handedness or have spoken foreign languages during their dissociative states. During an interview with a patient with DID, a surprising talent emerged when she wrote a...