I have a feeling I have done this poll before, but can't find it, so let me try it again.
Are you left- or right-handed? Which had do you use to wipe after going number 2 in the bathroom?
(If you don't have a dominant hand, or wipe indifferently, choose whatever.)
| Left-handed, use left to wipe | |
| Left-handed, use right to wipe | |
| Right-handed, use left to wipe | |
| Right-handed, use right to wipe |
To understand left- and right-handedness, Professor Eric Horstick looks at zebrafish, which have transparent bodies, develop into adults in a few days, and their genetics and brain structure are highly similar to humans'. Here's his story for @TheConversationUS
r/virtualreality u/Plus_Look3149 :
u/sidney_ingrim : "You got it..." #setup #play_space #peripherals #motionsicknews #handedness #performance #comfort #catalogue
Only 10 to 15 percent of people are left-handed. @[email protected] explains the science behind it. Does the fediverse mirror the world? Vote in our poll!
Left- and right-handed people process high-speed visual information on opposite sides of the brain, but process high-speed auditory information on the same side of the brain.
Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-daily-actions-righties-lefties-visual.html
Original paper: https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001806
Imagine hammering a nail into a wall: Your dominant hand swings the hammer while the other holds the nail steady. In a new theory, Cornell psychology scholars propose that everyday tasks like this are responsible for a fundamental aspect of perception in the brain: why one side is specialized to process high-frequency visual information, and the other low frequencies.
Left- or mixed-handed? New research links non-right-handedness to early-onset neurological disorders like autism and dyslexia. #Handedness #NeurologicalResearch #BrainDevelopment
https://geekoo.news/left-handedness-linked-to-early-onset-neurological-disorders/
I hurt my hand on Sunday and now working with my left hand. Not withstanding I'm not used to using my left hand for everything, more things than I thought are designed for right hand use only...
Mildly interesting: most physical devices that have handedness assume you'll be using them with your right hand. Handheld radios and walkie-talkies assume the opposite.
I started playing the violin after retirement. As a lefty, I struggled for a long time to maintain the correct bow hold while keeping a relaxed wrist. Then one day I happened to pick up the bow with my left hand, and automatically held it correctly, even though I had never done it before. Somehow the skill transferred between hands....
… because I had unknowingly made a very obvious error in my logic about the cause of my elder's hand problems.
See, if I get too fatigued when hand sawing something, I simply switch hands and use the other to saw. Lots of us #Lefties can do that and never think twice about it.
But my elder was right-handed, as as is common for such folk, staunchly so. There would be no hand-switching for tools, yet both hands were equally as damaged.
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Oblomov
Flipboard Science Desk
Francis Mangion (M) (VR/AR/*)
RDN
Geekoo
Adam Trickett 
Peter Drake
Anne Delong
Likely Jan Lukas