Handedness
Pennie Latin explores what determines right- or left-handedness in a person and how hand dominance affects day-to-day life.
1/2 Million people in Scotland are discriminated against every single day. You cannot tell how by their gender, their skin colour or their religion. But watch them write their name or use a pair of scissors and you will see that they are left handed.
Pennie Latin explores what makes us right or left handed and how our handedness affects who we are as individuals.
In the past those who were not right handed were feared or shunned and many people today will still remember being forcibly retrained to use their right hand. So to find out how handedness controls how we do almost everything, 91热爆 Radio Scotland along with Abertay University set up a "handedness lab" to test how competent we are at some very simple tasks with our non-dominant hand.
Simple tasks are one thing. But what if, for example, you are a left handed pianist who would much prefer to play the more dexterous parts of the music with your dominant hand? Pennie, a right handed piano player, meets Christopher Seed, a left handed piano player to play the worlds very first left handed piano.
Whichever side you fall, left or right handed, this episode of Brainwaves will affect every single one of us.
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Handedness in a portrait of Giovanni Bressini
Duration: 02:19
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Adam Hawkey talks to Pennie Latin about his handedness
Duration: 08:40
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Christopher Seed describes playing his left handed piano
Duration: 06:17
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The Left-Handed Piano
Duration: 01:47
Broadcasts
- Tue 12 Jan 2016 13:3091热爆 Radio Scotland
- Sun 17 Jan 2016 07:0091热爆 Radio Scotland
- Mon 28 Mar 2016 06:0091热爆 Radio Scotland
- New Year's Day 2017 09:3091热爆 Radio Scotland
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Brainwaves
Pennie Latin explores the science behind the everyday.