- Primate Handedness and Brain Lateralization Research - http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/index.html
At Indiana University (M.K. Holder, Ph.D.). You can participate in the study by filling out an online questionnaire. Site also has links to information (both serious and fun) of interest to left-handers.
- Lorin's Left-handedness Site - http://duke.usask.ca/~elias/left/
Extensive collection of information about left-handedness, by a psychologist. Topics include prevalence and genetics of left-handedness, famous left-handers, myths and trivia, shops for lefthanders, and left-handedness links.
- Gauche! Left-Handers in Society - http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/lspeak.html
A resource guide and forum. Left-handers speak to parents, teachers, employers, physicians, and others.
- Left-handedness - http://www.islamicity.org/dialogue/Q325.HTM
A modern Islamic perspective on being left-handed.
- The Lefthanded Universe - http://www.xs4all.nl/~riksmits/lhu/lhu.html
Interesting facts and ideas about lefthandedness. (English - Nederlands - Deutsch)
- Japan Southpaw Club - http://www.webee.co.jp/southpaw/index-e.html
English version of Japanese language website for left-handers. Information about lefthandedness, left-handed products, and an online forum for lefties.
- Left-Handed Writers Page - http://www.nibs.com/Left-hand%20writers.htm
Article about left-handed writing with fountain pens, including advice on nib selection. Photographs show different hand positions lefties write in, with special advice for each.
- European Lefthanders' Page - http://www.linkshaenderseite.de/english.html
English translation of German site: information of particular interest to European left-handers. Extensive lists of sources for left-handed products in Europe and on the Internet.
- The Sinister Hand - http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/scripts98/9807/lefthand.htm
Script of an Australian Broadcasting Corporation news feature on lefthandedness, particularly the biological origins of handedness.
- Alt.lefthanders Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/lefty-faq.html
Usenet FAQ. Includes questions such as: What does being "left-handed" or "ambidextrous" mean? Is lefthandedness inherited? Are lefthanders naturally clumsy? Do Lefties make better athletes?
- Left Hand Education - http://www.lefthand-education.co.uk/
Information about campaign in the UK to ensure that teachers are trained on specific guidelines on helping left-handed children.
- Lefties: The Science of Handedness - http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/Aug/hour2_080897.html
"Science Friday" program in RealAudio. Links to other Internet resources on handedness.
- Rosemary West's Left-Handed Page - http://www.rosemarywest.com/left/index.shtml
Large collection of information and links, including organizations, research articles, list of famous left-handers, left-handedness in the arts, links to shopping sites, FAQ, humor, fun facts, and trivia.
- Famous Left-Handers - http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html
Long list of left-handed actors, artists, authors, musicians, athletes, politicians, U.S. presidents, and historical figures.
- The First Left-Handed Piano - http://www.lefthandedpiano.co.uk/
About pianist Christopher Seed, who has built and plays a piano with the keyboard in reverse so that he can play the melody with the left hand.
- Scientific American: Ask the Experts: Biology - http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=00063C8D-61EF-1C72-9EB7809EC588F2D7
M.K. Holder answers the questions: "Do scientists understand why there are so many more right-handers than left-handers? Do other primates show a similar tendency to favor one hand over the other?"
- Are You Left-Handed? - http://lefthand.domnik.net/
Observations on the ontology of handedness, advice on how to surf the net left-handed, and links.
- World of Handedness - http://jackie.freeshell.org/woh/lefty.htm
Includes common superstitions about lefties, articles and personal accounts about switching handedness, famous lefthanders, on-line tests to assess your "sidedness," and other topics.
- Web Guide: Left-Handed Golf - http://www.aloha.net/~inazoo/golf.htm
An exhaustive collection of links to websites providing information about left-handed golf technique, selling lefty clubs, or maintained by left-handed golfers' organizations.
- LEFTovers - http://www.members.shaw.ca/leftovers/
List of Lefthanded Canadians. Also contains left-handed stores in Canada.
- Association of Left-handers, India - http://www.geocities.com/lefthandersind
Works to create awareness that left-handedness is normal and to provide resources for left-handed people in the country. Information on cultural perspectives in India and the group's initiatives and accomplishments.
- Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pp/1357650X.html
Scientific journal publishing research on the psychological, behavioural and neurological aspects of lateralisation, including handedness. Online tables of contents, abstracts, instructions to authors, and other information.
- The Language of the Left - http://www.sinistershop.com/language.htm
Derogatory meanings associated with the words for "left" in several world languages.
- Weems is a Lefty! - http://lefty.seanweems.com
Personal home page includes personal commentaries about various issues related to left-handedness, as well as links to other sites.
- Left Handers Day - http://www.left-handersday.com/
Left Handers Day is on 13 August. Website features information about handedness, fun facts, games and quizzes.
- Left-handed.com Forum - http://www.left-handed.com/forum/
Online forum for left handers to discuss various topics and post news stories of interest.
- Gifts of the Gauche - http://www.left-handedness.info
Journalist discusses left-handedness, with focus on a study of English schoolchildren and a documentary broadcast on German and French TV.
- Why Left-handers Still Feel Left Out - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4427862,00.html
Guardian article describes researcher's finding that left-handed people have been abused and neglected throughout history.
- Right Hand, Left Hand - http://www.righthandlefthand.com/
Website for Chris McManus' book on handedness. Includes articles and online psychological quizzes.
- Neuroscience for Kids - Sidedness - http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/rightl.html
Educational website about laterality. Includes tests for handedness, footedness, eyedness, and earedness.
- Irish Left-handers Club - http://www.e-ireland.ie/LeftHandersClubOfIreland.htm
Short newsletter, products for sale, and other information.
- Living in the Mirror: A Left-Handed Home Page - http://www.emf.net/~estephen/facts/lefthand.html
Comments and essays about living as a left-hander, plus links to other left-handedness-related sites, including a large selection of scientific material.
- Sinistrality - http://www.io.com/%7ecortese/sinistrality/index.html
Facts and myths about lefthandedness, links to lefthander organizations and stores for left-handed products, information on handgun products designed for left-handed use.
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