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Re: CHAT: Composition of conlanger population

From:Tristan McLeay <conlang@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 3:06
On 2 Feb 2005, at 1.50 pm, Steg Belsky wrote:

> On Feb 1, 2005, at 4:07 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote: >> Physiologically, most right-handed brains are cut from the same cloth, >> as it were, with the major functional areas laid out fairly >> predictably. >> Left-handers, on the other hand, have brain maps which differ not only >> from right handers, but from each other. Apparently, if you have a >> "normal" brain, you're right-handed; if you're left-handed, that's a >> sign that your brain is not "normal", and at that point all bets are >> off.
I think as I understand it, (almost) all people with abnormal brains in a certain specific way are left-handers, but most left-handers have normal brains. Though this might be normal with a limited domain... But IIRC, this had to do both with the language centres and the way one holds their writing implement.
> I was under the impression that handedness is a purely physical > environment thing determined by how you're lying (laying?) in the womb.
It seems to me its more a matter of habit and practice ... since our last discussion on the topic I've been doing more and more things equally well with either hand, though I can still only write legibly with my right hand (hence, of course, the name ;) and opening bottles/jars is significantly easier with my left (because, you see, it's left-over from grabbing the jar out of the cupboard/fridge with my write hand). -- Tristan.