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Likewise, he found that mixed-handers' childhood memories date back further than those of strong-handers.
This, Christman says, is consistent with the theory that mixed-handers -- again, thanks to that larger corpus callosum -- do better at tasks that require interplay between the two sides of the brain (Wolman 2005) Truly left-handed individuals, according to Christman are rare, only 2 to 3% of the population, and some stereotypes about left-handed individuals are more true of mixed-handers who may be classified as left-handed. It is they who are statistically more at risk," for getting into car accidents, for example. "This seems consistent with the inter-hemispheric model: imagine someone talking on a mobile phone (a left hemisphere task) while driving with the left hand (a right-hemisphere task)" (Wolman 2005). For teachers, understanding that ambidextrous students may be more neurologically prone to distraction because of greater inter-hemispheric dialogue in their brains can help them create an appropriate environment to foster focusing on activities, while still encouraging students' unique strengths, like memory recall.
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