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• - Facts and myths about lefthandedness, links to lefthander organizations and stores for left-handed products, information on handgun products designed for left-handed use.
  
• - 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?"
  
• - "If you are left handed, do not despair." Advice for left-handers who want to learn calligraphy.
  
• - Interesting facts and ideas about lefthandedness. (English - Nederlands - Deutsch)
  
• - Comments and essays about living as a left-hander, plus links to other left-handedness-related sites, including a large selection of scientific material.
  
• - Information about campaign in the UK to ensure that teachers are trained on specific guidelines on helping left-handed children.
  
• - Advice on determining hand dominance and on dealing with handwriting problems often encountered in left-handers.
  
• - Compiling a list of famous lefthanders in Africa. Also supplies contact information.
  
• - Instructions, with helpful diagrams.
  
• - Survival guide for living lefty in a right-handed world.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Includes common superstitions about lefties, articles and personal accounts about switching handedness, famous lefthanders, on-line tests to assess your "sidedness," and other topics.
  
• - Site has webforum, merchandise for sale, humor, and other material.
  
• - English version of Japanese language website for left-handers. Information about lefthandedness, left-handed products, and an online forum for lefties.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Personal homepage on lefties: benefits, gripes, nicknames, and handicaps of left-handedness.
  
• - "Science Friday" program in RealAudio. Links to other Internet resources on handedness.
  
• - Observations on the ontology of handedness, advice on how to surf the net left-handed, and links.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A modern Islamic perspective on being left-handed.
  
• - Long list of left-handed actors, artists, authors, musicians, athletes, politicians, U.S. presidents, and historical figures.
  
• - Derogatory meanings associated with the words for "left" in several world languages.
  
• - Updated version of Molly Joy's high school term paper on the topic.
  
• - Critique of the Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda (GBG) Theory of Left-Handedness and other theories that associate lefthandedness with developmental disorders. Published in the Harvard undergraduate neuroscience journal, Brain.
  
• - Online forum for left handers to discuss various topics and post news stories of interest.
  
• - Site's goal is to provide information and make right-handed people aware of the difficulties encountered by left-handed people in a world made by and for those who are right-handed. Famous left-handers and other information. Site is also available in Fr
  
• - A resource guide and forum. Left-handers speak to parents, teachers, employers, physicians, and others.
  
• - Short newsletter, links, and other features.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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?
  
• - Discusses a recent study showing that left-handedness and homosexuality may be linked.
  
• - Short article from the Associated Press.
  
• - An exhaustive collection of links to websites providing information about left-handed golf technique, selling lefty clubs, or maintained by left-handed golfers' organizations.
  
• - Personal home page includes personal commentaries about various issues related to left-handedness, as well as links to other sites.
  
• - List of Lefthanded Canadians. Also contains left-handed stores in Canada.
  
• - Left Handers Day is on 13 August. Website features information about handedness, fun facts, games and quizzes.
  
• - Advice for parents of young children.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Script of an Australian Broadcasting Corporation news feature on lefthandedness, particularly the biological origins of handedness.
  
• - Journalist discusses left-handedness, with focus on a study of English schoolchildren and a documentary broadcast on German and French TV.
  
  

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