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• Left-handed people make up about 10% of the population, while 1% of the population appear not to be dominant with either hand, known as mixed-handed.
The Health Risks of Being Left-Handed Shirley S. Wang 2011
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In one study of 834 Danish mothers and their 3-year-old children, Dr. Obel and his colleagues found that mothers who reported multiple stressful events during their third trimester of pregnancy and experienced distress were more than three times as likely to have a mixed-handed child, 17% compared with 5%, according to the 2003 paper published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology.
The Health Risks of Being Left-Handed Shirley S. Wang 2011
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It found that mothers with depressive symptoms or who underwent stressful life events while pregnant were more likely to have left- or mixed-handed children.
The Health Risks of Being Left-Handed Shirley S. Wang 2011
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And knowing that a child was mixed-handed and had ADHD symptoms at age 8 helped predict much more accurately than just knowing they had symptoms at that age whether the child would continue to have symptoms at age 16.
The Health Risks of Being Left-Handed Shirley S. Wang 2011
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More symmetrical brains of mixed-handed people may explain the link to some neural disorders.
The Health Risks of Being Left-Handed Shirley S. Wang 2011
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Christman did go on to say, "If you want change, you might be better with a mixed-handed candidate."
David Finkle: Barack Obama: Left-Handed? Right-Handed? Ambidextrous? Ambivalent? 2009
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The mixed-handed teens reported having greater difficulties with language than left - or right-handed peers.
www.hardwarezone.com.sg oLDmeMoRy 2010
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The study involved nearly 8,000 children in Northern Finland, 87 of whom were mixed-handed, who completed questionnaires at ages 7 and 8, and again at 15 and 16.
www.hardwarezone.com.sg oLDmeMoRy 2010
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They also warn that since the phenomenon is rare, with just one out of every 100 people being mixed-handed, the study only focused on a small group of these individuals.
www.hardwarezone.com.sg oLDmeMoRy 2010
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By age 15 or 16, mixed-handed adolescents were also at twice the risk of having symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
www.hardwarezone.com.sg oLDmeMoRy 2010
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