Hand preference, often referred to as ‘handedness,’ plays a crucial role in understanding an individual’s cognitive and motor functions. For educators and therapists, recognizing the nuances of handedness can provide valuable insights into the learning profiles and strengths of their students or clients. Particularly, when it comes to children with learning difficulties like dyslexia, understanding […]
Here is a very interesting journal article from Early Human Development on pain perception in infants. Did you know that some studies have shown that handedness and gender can effect pain perception in adults? This latest study was to determine if the same held true in infants. Prefrontal activation was measured with near infrared spectroscopy […]
Occupational therapists have long known the benefits of a child developing hand dominance. A new study published in Pediatrics reports on children with mixed handedness. A longitudinal study was performed in Northern Finland on 7871 children ages 7 and 8 and then 16 years old. The results indicated that children with mixed handedness are at […]