Left Handed Test
"Am I A True Southpaw?"

Do to the
influence of
the right handed world, it is sometimes a bit confusing to
determine if you really are left handed. There are many
different tests on handedness by various scientists and experts in
the area, throughout the generations. I have included some Left Handed
Test already on my
website and now along with those and others, I am going to lay them out
for those who wonder.
Vase-Face
Test
The above
vase-face
picture is used by neuroscientists to study visual perception. Look at
the image, do you see the vase first or the two faces?
Left
brained people (righties) see the vase and right brained
(lefties) tend to see the two faces.
Simple
Circle Test
One simple
(nonscientific) test is to draw a circle
with each hand. If you draw counterclockwise this is said to indicate
a left handedness.
Edinburgh
Handedness Survey
Which hand do you prefer:
- Cutting with a knife (no fork)
- Sweeping (upper hand on broom)
Source:
Oldfield, R.C. (1971) The assessment and analysis of handedness: the
Edinburgh inventory. Neuropsychologia, 9(1): 97-113.
RightHandLeftHand.com
This
is an interesting web site I found that has four different tests:
1.
Handedness Questionnaire
2.
Hands Test
3.
Line Bisection Test
4.
Attentional Test
Just click on
this link (RightHandLeftHand.com) and you
can take
the test for
free.
Pen Test
Drop a pen on the ground. Pick it up. The hand you pick the pen up with is usually your dominant hand.
Other
Tests
Obviously
there are many other Left Hand Test, and as I find them I will include
them on this page. So check back every once in a while to take a new
one. Try these out on your friends. Maybe you have a closet
left handed friend who doesn't even know it!
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