Thread: Handedness View Single Post Old 05-21-2010, 03:33 PM  
#1 kittyn's Avatar Registered Users Join Date: May 2010
Location: Indiana Posts: 274  Just curious if anyone else has
noticed this, and I'm sorry it's so long  I have a four year
old, and I can't figure out if he even has a dominant hand. I
notice him using either hand 'mirroring' whoever is doing an
activity with him (eating with his left hand if sitting across
from a right handed person, etc), and using the same hand as
someone sitting beside him. Mimicry, basically. But when doing
something on his own, he shows no real preference, just uses
whichever hand is closer or less occupied.  Now, if there was a
distinct difference in the 'quality' of either hands work, I'd
not even ask, but there isn;t really. He's slightly better at
eating and writing with his left, but not noticeably so, so I'm
assuming it's because he sits across from right handed people
most of the time so his mimicry of their habits has made it a
bit more refined, but everything e