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Posts by Clare Porac

Why do left-handers have a performance advantage in the sport of fencing? Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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Hockey handedness Hockey is the sport of the moment in the USA because both the women’s and men’s USA Olympic hockey teams won gold medals at the recent Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy. I have writt...

Is the incidence of left-handedness among NHL players really 60%? Find out about the difference between everyday handedness and hockey handedness in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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Architects are right There are several recent research papers questioning the assertion that left-handers have superior visual-spatial and artistic abilities when compared to right-handers. Architecture is a profession th...

Are there more left-handers among architects than one would find in the general population? Read about the results of a recent study of award-winning architects in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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Left after ten years My blog, In Your Hands, is finishing its tenth year. I wrote the first blog post in December of 2015 to coincide with the publication of my book, Laterality: Exploring the Enigma of Left-handedness. M...

I am celebrating 10 years of my blog, In Your Hands. I have written over 150 posts describing handedness research. Read my comments on the 10-year history at sites.psu.edu/clarep #laterality #lefthanded #neuropsychology

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Left foot forward The football season is underway in the United States. Every National Football League (NFL) team has players who excel at kicking the ball. Kicking field goals and extra points after touchdowns are imp...

Left-footed punt kickers are rare in the National Football League. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep #lefthanded #laterality #neuropsychology

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Left foot forward The football season is underway in the United States. Every National Football League (NFL) team has players who excel at kicking the ball. Kicking field goals and extra points after touchdowns are imp...

Left-footed punt kickers are rare in the National Football League. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep #lefthanded #laterality #neuropsychology

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August 13 is International Left-handers Day. My latest blog post celebrates with stories about two famous left-handed musicians, Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix. But was Jimi Hendrix actually left-handed? Find out at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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A recent study examined the association between handedness type (right, left, mixed) and clinical disorders such as autism. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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A recent study examined the association between handedness type (right, left, mixed) and clinical disorders such as autism. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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Whose side are you on, again? A previous blog post described a study exploring the side preferences of heterosexual couples when they walked together. ¹ The authors found the handedness of males predicted their preferred side when...

A person's handedness influences where they walk when with another person. Right-handers like the right side, left-handers the left side. Ther preferred hand is on the outside of the couple. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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Whose side are you on, again? A previous blog post described a study exploring the side preferences of heterosexual couples when they walked together. ¹ The authors found the handedness of males predicted their preferred side when...

A person's handedness influences where they walk when with another person. Right-handers like the right side, left-handers the left side. Ther preferred hand is on the outside of the couple. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

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