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  2. Ambidexterity - Wikipedia

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    The ambidexterity of Jimi Hendrix has been explored in a psychology, but he was known for playing a standard right-handed guitar with his left hand. The guitarist Duane Allman was the reverse of Hendrix, playing right-handed but left-handed in all other tasks. Shara Lin is naturally left-handed, but plays the violin and guitar right handed. [42]

  3. Chirality - Wikipedia

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    In humans, chirality (also referred to as handedness or laterality) is an attribute of humans defined by their unequal distribution of fine motor skill between the left and right hands. An individual who is more dexterous with the right hand is called right-handed, and one who is more skilled with the left is said to be left-handed.

  4. Sinistral and dextral - Wikipedia

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    Movement is sinistral (left-handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the left, or if straddling the fault the left side moves toward the observer. Movement is dextral (right-handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the right, or if straddling the fault the right side moves toward the observer. [4]

  5. Homochirality - Wikipedia

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    In biology, 19 of the 20 natural amino acids are homochiral, being L-chiral (left-handed), while sugars are D-chiral (right-handed). [1] Homochirality can also refer to enantiopure substances in which all the constituents are the same enantiomer (a right-handed or left-handed version of an atom or molecule), but some sources discourage this use ...

  6. Famous People You Didn't Realize Were Left-Handed - AOL

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    Left-handed people only make up about 10% of the world's population — so you might be surprised to learn how many of them have been world leaders, artists, well-known athletes, award-winning actors.

  7. Handedness - Wikipedia

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    Left-handed drivers are usually on the right side of the field, because they can get better angles to pass the ball or shoot for goal. Ice hockey typically uses a strategy in which a defence pairing includes one left-handed and one right-handed defender. A disproportionately large number of ice hockey players of all positions, 62 percent, shoot ...

  8. 15 famous celebs who are left handed - AOL

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    Yes, that is right, err, left. Today marks the day all left handers are able to rejoice and celebrate their lovely feature. We decided to round up a few celebs who share the same trait of being ...

  9. Arm folding - Wikipedia

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    While human beings are more right-handed as animals, it is supposed that left-handedness could be latent. Experiments support Luria's proposition that a left-top preference in Arm Folding points to "latent" left-handedness, but only if associated with a right-top preference in hand clasping. [13]