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Worldwide Directory
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Featured Sites:
- Lefthanders - Products and Info - The original left-handed shop and still the world's best Web site and shop for left-handers to find left-handed products and left-handed information.
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- Lorin's Left-handedness Site
*Cool Site* - Extensive collection of information about left-handedness, by a psychologist. Topics include prevalence and genetics of left-handedness, famous left-handers, myths and trivia, shops for lefthanders, and left-handedness links.
- All Hands - Sinistral's Left
- Personal homepage on lefties: benefits, gripes, nicknames, and handicaps of left-handedness.
- Alt.lefthanders Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Usenet FAQ. Includes questions such as: What does being "left-handed" or "ambidextrous" mean? Is lefthandedness inherited? Are lefthanders naturally clumsy? Do Lefties make better athletes?
- Anything Left-Handed
- Commercial site includes famous lefthanders, lefties at school, superstitions, selected research results, and other information.
- European Lefthanders' Page
- English translation of German site: information of particular interest to European left-handers. Extensive lists of sources for left-handed products in Europe and on the Internet.
- Gauche! Left-Handers in Society
- A resource guide and forum. Left-handers speak to parents, teachers, employers, physicians, and others.
- Irish Left-handers Club
- Short newsletter, links, and other features.
- Japan Southpaw Club
- English version of Japanese language website for left-handers. Information about lefthandedness, left-handed products, and an online forum for lefties.
- Left Hand Education
- Information about campaign in the U.K. to ensure that teachers are trained on specific guidelines on helping left-handed children.
- Left Handedness
- Molly Joy's high school term paper on the topic.
- Left Is Right
- Survival guide for living lefty in a right-handed world.
- The Lefthanded Liberation Front
- Site has webforum, merchandise for sale, humor, and other material.
- The Lefthanded Universe
- Interesting facts and ideas about lefthandedness. (English - Nederlands - Deutsch)
- Left-Handed Writers Page
- Article about left-handed writing with fountain pens, including advice on nib selection. Photographs show different hand positions lefties write in, with special advice for each.
- Left-handedness
- A modern Islamic perspective on being left-handed.
- Lefthandedness -- and Other Symptoms of a Disordered Mind
- Facts and myths about lefthandedness, links to lefthander organizations and stores for left-handed products, information on handgun products designed for left-handed use.
- Left-Handers
- Site's goal is to provide information and make right-handed people aware of the difficulties encountered by left-handed people in a world made by and for those who are right-handed. Famous left-handers and other information. Site is also available in French.
- Lefties
- Personal home page about lefties, including interesting facts, famous left-handers, and "vote for your favorite lefty."
- Lefties
- A personal website about left handedness and how to deal with it.
- LEFTovers
- List of Lefthanded Canadians. Also contains left-handed stores in Canada.
- Living in the Mirror: A Left-Handed Home Page
- Comments and essays about living as a left-hander, plus links to other left-handedness-related sites, including a large selection of scientific material.
- Primate Handedness and Brain Lateralization Research
- At Indiana University (M.K. Holder, Ph.D.). You can participate in the study by filling out an online questionnaire. Site also has links to information (both serious and fun) of interest to left-handers.
- Rosemary West's Left-Handed Page
- Left-handed people, organizations, information, resources, research, facts, fun, art, shopping, and humor relating to left-handedness.
- Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Biology
- M.K. Holder answers the questions: "Do scientists understand why there are so many more right-handers than left-handers? Do other primates show a similar tendency to favor one hand over the other?"
- World of Handedness
- Includes common superstitions about lefties, articles and personal accounts about switching handedness (including a lefty's story of learning to write right-handed), famous lefthanders, and on-line tests to assess your "sidedness."
- Is There a Link Between Left-Handedness and Homosexuality?
- Discusses a recent study showing that left-handedness and homosexuality may be linked.
- When Left Can Be Right
- Kidsmatter Newsletter article on what parents can do to help lefthanded children who are learning to write.
- Study finds left-handers don't die earlier
- from the Associated Press
- The Sinister Hand
- Script of an Australian Broadcasting Corporation news feature on lefthandedness, particularly the biological origins of handedness.
- Lefties: The Science of Handedness
- "Science Friday" program in RealAudio. Links to other Internet resources on handedness.
- Creation of the Sinister: Biological Contributions to Left-handedness
- Critique of the Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda (GBG) Theory of Left-Handedness and other theories that associate lefthandedness with developmental disorders. Published in the Harvard undergraduate neuroscience journal, Brain.
- University of Buffalo geographer sees small link between longevity and handedness
- research contradicts earlier studies that found "righties" live 9 years longer than "lefties"
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Last update: 19:20 PT, Tuesday, January 1, 2002
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