Why Are Some People Ambidextrous?
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
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0:00 Introduction
0:22 What does it mean to be ambidextrous?
0:50 What causes people to be ambidextrous
1:48 How many people are ambidextrous
2:16 Risks of being ambidextrous
Ambidexterity is the ability to use both the right and left hand equally well.[1][2] When referring to objects, the term indicates that the object is equally suitable for right-handed and left-handed people. When referring to humans, it indicates that a person has no marked preference for the use of the right or left hand.
Only about one percent of people are naturally ambidextrous, which equates to about 70,000,000 people in the world. [3] In modern times, it is common to find some people considered ambidextrous who were originally left-handed and who learned to be ambidextrous, either deliberately or as a result of training in schools or in jobs where right-handed habits are often emphasized or required.[citation needed] Since many everyday devices (such as can openers and scissors) are asymmetrical and designed for right-handed people, many left-handers learn to use them right-handedly due to the rarity or lack of left-handed models. Thus, left-handed people are more likely to develop motor skills in their non-dominant hand than right-handed people. Ambidexterity is highly prized in the sport of baseball. "Switch hitting" is the most common phenomenon, and is highly prized because a batter usually has a higher statistical chance of successfully hitting the baseball when it is thrown by an opposite-handed pitcher. Therefore, an ambidextrous hitter can bat from whichever side is more advantageous to them in that situation. Pete Rose, who had more hits than anyone else in the history of Major League Baseball, was a switch hitter.[10]
Switch pitchers, comparatively rare in contrast to switch hitters, also exist. Tony Mullane won 284 games in the 19th century.[11][12] Elton Chamberlain and Larry Corcoran were also notable ambidextrous pitchers. In the 20th century, Greg A. Harris was the only major league pitcher to pitch with both his left and his right arm. A natural right-hander, by 1986 he could throw well enough with his left hand that he felt capable of pitching with either hand in a game. Harris was not allowed to throw left-handed in a regular-season game until September 1995 in the penultimate game of his career. Against the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth inning, Harris (then a member of the Montreal Expos) retired Reggie Sanders pitching right-handed, then switched to his left hand for the next two hitters, Hal Morris and Ed Taubensee, who both batted left-handed. Harris walked Morris but got Taubensee to ground out. He then went back to his right hand to retire Bret Boone to end the inning.
In the 21st century there is only one major league pitcher, Pat Venditte of the Seattle Mariners, who regularly pitches with both arms. Venditte became the 21st century's first switch pitcher in the major leagues with his debut on June 5, 2015, against the Boston Red Sox, pitching two innings, allowing only one hit and recording five outs right-handed and one out left-handed. During his career, an eponymous "Venditte Rule" was created[13] restricting the ability of a pitcher to change arms in the middle of an at-bat.[14]
Billy Wagner was a natural right-handed pitcher in his youth, but after breaking his throwing arm twice, he taught himself how to use his left arm by throwing nothing but fastballs against a barn wall. He became a dominant left-handed relief pitcher, most known for his 100+ mph fastball. In his 1999 season, Wagner captured the National League Relief Man of the Year Award as a Houston Astro.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brett Cecil is naturally right-handed, but starting from a very early age, threw with his left. As such, he writes and performs most tasks with the right side of his body, but throws with his left.
Basketball
In basketball a player may choose to make a pass or shot with the weaker hand. NBA stars Kyrie Irving, Carlos Boozer, David Lee, John Wall, Derrick Rose, Chandler Parsons, Andrew Bogut, John Henson, Michael Beasley, and Jerryd Bayless are ambidextrous players, as was Kobe Bryant. Bogut and Henson are both stronger in the post with their left-handed hook shot than they are with their natural right hands. Brothers Marc and Pau Gasol can make hook shots with either hand while the right hand is dominant for each. Bob Cousy, a Boston
My brother is ambidextrous I am ambidextrous my dad is ambidextrous and my mom is right handed
your mom😂
No such thing as this.
I find it dope that I’m not the only ambidextrous person in here my mother is left handed and my father is right handed I hold the pen the same way how my mother hold it on my right hand and vise versa with my father on the other hand we discovered that my sophomore year of high school fun fact💯and I know a few of ya cappin😂
I can write and draw with both hands, and it runs in the family so >:)
2:40 this really reflect my struggle as ambidextrous. I struggle in my studies and had difficulty in writing and speaking. Maybe I should consult a doctor regarding this.
The majority of musical instruments actually require both hands
I was left handed when i was like 4 year old but my teacher made me write in my right hand that how i became ambidextrous but i feel like it is going away like i ise both hand in everything but in writing i lost the ability to write in my left hand
SAME MAD
2:23 I'm REALLY going to need to see some sources and clarification on why ambidextrous people are more susceptible to PTSD. You don't just GET that without significant trauma.
Lol those studies sound like a major prank.
it could be just a coincidence it happens sometimes in study's
True
I read the study and I wasn't satisfied. Psychology is currently under heavy fire as everyone is learning how totally fake most of it is, especially in regards to how it just totally ignores the scientific method.
@@astrolightingyt4531 That seems to be the case, but it's pretty easy to ensure it doesn't happen in your study...
lately i discover my self as ambidextrous i eat on my right hand and i use my left hand in writing, but i think left hand is more dominant
Yep same
Technically speaking that is being "mixed handed" (which is a _lot_ more common than true ambidexterity). I, for example, use basically all cutlery in my dominant hand (left handed), but learned to use a mouse in my opposite hand (right handed) and wouldn't have that any other way.
True ambidexterity means equal training with both hands for a given task, something that is rather uncommon. Typing on a keyboard, using a videogame controller, for example, are ambidextrous tasks.
Yes because there's no such thing as ambidextrous.
Anyone else here write with both hands at same time but one side is mirrored without having to think about it at all ?
I’m ambidextrous and instead of switching between hands while writing, i simply use both hands at the same time. Why is that?
Can you make a video for aggression how to control it
lol 😂 I am ambidextrous and people find it interesting although I prefer cursive with my left and print with me right but can do both in both hands. I also drive with both hands and can do two tasks at once with both hands. Since I can actually use two phones at the same time or in some cases type on two different computers, all at once. It is very helpful in writing two essays at the same time. 😅
However, this developed later and I actually had a huge increase in intelligence. No mental health issues and I think honestly it is just based on you. I read from the age of 2 and wrote for early! 😊👍🏻
you are so blessed, currently i'm training with nunchucks and some tricks require left hand accuracy, and when these tricks come, my lefty just doesn't listen, ended up hitting myself in the head, it's so frustrating. Maybe i'll just stop using my right hand lol
My son is left handed.. daughter right handed..me right handed...he is very sad, calm boy when small...i know he is damn angry...he is like: you beat me ..
Wha...what?
I guess Im a mixed hand. I write, draw ,and cut hair with my left hand,but throw, catch, bowl, play pool, and play musical instruments with my right hand.
I also can write and draw with both hands
Me too
Me too, I was originally right handed, but because of a sever arm infection, I had to switch to left for a while, this made me ambidextrous in everything
Im ambidextrous, Its a neat party trick but thats about it.
Is it from young or did you train it?
@@Rachel.DawnAmber Born as it, Im just as bad with my left hand as I am with my right hand when I wright and Its honestly just whatever hand I pick up a pen with. But shooting a gun is very much right handed and shooting a basketball is left handed. Throwing a baseball or something is again just whatever hand I pick up said ball in
@@Oblio1942 Sounds more mixed handed or something else. I'm ambidextrous and I write and draw quite well with both hands, I can shoot guns with either hand in the dominant position, I eat with either hand, etc.
I am Abidextrous but I play the clarinet so I always play with both hands and my hands cannot switch places or it’s gonna hurt
I am not a true ambidextrous though because my left hemisphere of my brain is slightly more dominant
the hemisphere argument has been debunked multiple times
Im 43yo ambidextrous woman, surgeon, mother of 5. Sensitive, but not schizophreniac or bisex. Sensitive - yess
Thank you
I was brought up left handed because literally everyone in my immediate family is lefty, but i learned for both, tho i do have ADHD.
Navigating life with ambidexterity and ADHD can present unique challenges and opportunities for personal growth and adaptation.
Many people confuse with ambidexterity with cross dominance. I'm a cross dominant, myself.
thx bro😁😁i can write and draw with two hands
And what happens when you can write your name at the same dam time just like the song goes lol jokes but yea I can do that
1:27 am i the only person who uses the left hand to use scissors?
Present!
Broken family and consutant verbal abuse, lead a child to seek peace within there mind
I'm ambidextrous and I discover it when I'm 1st year college ._.
That's fascinating! Discovering ambidexterity can offer unique perspectives and opportunities for skill development.
Im naturally ambi no injuries only other person on my family is a 1st cousin . Everyone in my family is rt handed .
Being naturally ambidextrous is a rare trait, often influenced by genetic factors, even if it is not prevalent in your immediate family.
Great I thought that me being ambidextrous was great until the end. Thanks a lot!
You're very welcome!
Im an ambidextrous
I show people that Im using my right
Naturally left forced to be right so can do both equally
i’m ambidextrous
Im left handed
I am ambidextrous 😊
There's no such thing as this. This is dumb. Just because you can do a couple things the same doesn't mean you have this.
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