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? asked in Social SciencePsychology · 6 years ago

Can handedness change as people get older?

Ever since I was a younger, I have never had a dominant hand, as such, but would still be characterised as right handed by everyone (although, technically I am cross dominant because I have always played sports left handed and am left eye and left ear dominant), but as I began to age, with each year I moved more left.

Now in college, in the past 3 months I have almost become full left handed.

I have been so cross dominant all my life that I regularly get confused between my left and right, kicking with one foot and changing my mind or picking my pen up with one hand and realising it's the wrong hand...

Is this normal?

Update:

For example, I naturally turn left, I naturally shade left handed, I always go left before going right, I situate almost all of the things I use the most on my left, often picking them up with my left and passing got my right...

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    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    I have used both hands for all my life years ago at school the teachers used rap the knuckles of those who used there left hand so if I saw the teacher looking in my direction I would quickly change hands even today my wife told me to hold my knife and fork in the so called proper way as it looked odd but I say we are as God made us and for a good reason

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