Right- or Left-Handedness
- 16 February 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 240 (7) , 249-253
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194902172400703
Abstract
A PHYSICIAN who is asked if it is safe and wise to train an apparently left-handed child to use pencil and pen with his right hand can find good authority in the literature for almost any answer he may choose to give. The more he studies the subject, the more confusing it becomes. The theories propounded are various and conflicting.If he then tries to form his own opinion by testing and observing his patients he soon finds that his decision whether a given child is right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous often depends on the number and type of tests used. . . .Keywords
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