Handedness

I am David Shane Dobyns, twenty-two years of age; I was born in Puyallup Washington, August 17th 1994 at the Good Samaritan hospital. My family consists of mother, father, and brother who live in Germany. Growing up was as idyllic as one could suspect, in my prepubescent years we moved to the states in search of “gods’ plan” for us, starting a church in Texas. The church siphoned our resources to the brink of poverty, but we were happy all the same. Through the eyes of a jaded 5-year-old,…

most finespun, subtle discriminations in the world we live in today is that against the left; so inconspicuous is it, that most never realise its existence. Most would sneer, “how can there be discrimination against left? It’s just a direction, a handedness, an adjective,”, but ‘most’ are the unwittingly biased majority. The word ‘left’, bears three direct meanings. When facing North, it refers to the West side. In the political sense, left, left-wing, and leftist all refer to someone with…

Volley-ball Serve Bioanalysis Oscar Rogers Intro: The game of volleyball is started with a shot called the ‘spike serve’, or better known as the ‘jump serve’, which is an exciting and energetic skill that is captivating for players and spectators alike. This serve can determine the game and the way it is played as it is a vital part of the team’s strategy. The player starts about five to six meters behind the end line of the court, where they perform a fast run up, a dynamic spike takeoff, and…

Ambidexterity in the Martial Arts My thoughts on ambidexterity go back to early childhood, long before I had even known there was such a word to describe being able to use both sides of the body with equal ability. When I was a child entering elementary school in the first grade during the middle 1960’s I had naturally started to learn how to print and write using my left hand. However, much to the dismay of my teacher and my parents, the thought of me writing with my left hand must have been…

Use the steps of the scientific method to organize the outline. Answer: First of I would think about my data results and then go from there. I would start drawing conclusions on why I think the experiment turned out that way. A hypothesis is a lot to take in. My hypothesis would be that the number of Right-Handed people were most likely to be Right handed dominant. And that Left-handed people were left-handed dominant. Read a scientific research paper in a scientific journal. Identify the…

1). The Block Five AP Stats class at Silver Creek High School conducted an experiment with the intent to answer the question, “Who is Better at Using Chopsticks: Boys or Girls?”. To begin the study, everyone in the class was asked to write their name on a piece of paper. The papers were then collected and separated by gender. Five boys and five girls were then randomly selected by drawing the papers with names from a hat. The names were stirred and mixed in the hat prior to selection. The ten…

of the lab, which explained a detailed background that may help them understand why this study is important. They were asked to give their gender, unless they prefer otherwise, age, within the range of 11 years and 75 years old, and lastly, their handedness. Within the lab, information was presented to both the right and left visual field of the participant to test the language abilities of the two hemispheres of the brain, considering that visual fields become lateralized. Participants would…

The “Dating Game” was a game show where an individual was allowed to ask a series of questions to three potential dates. The person asking the questions could not see his/her potential dates. Their final selection was based solely on how the questions were answered and not what they could see. The “Dating Game” concept is a good basis for the interview process used to select the right people when hiring a new employee. Interviews should be conducted with appropriate questions asked to assess…

The Fascinating Life of a Lefty. Eliana Cardenas Period:9 ELAR Mrs.Itina April --, 2018 ILTexas Windmill Lakes Left-handed people, such as myself, have a very intriguing life. We have very different personalities, ways of thinking, and a very interesting history. Lefty’s also have lots of struggles and they also have a small amount of abilities they can do that right-handed people can’t do. (P.S.: I will put the links of the websites on the bottom of the Essay) The Left-handed History and…

Nick Johnson Mrs. Susan Stackhouse English 8 3 December 2014 Sandra Slutz, a staff scientist at Ohio University, found out that if a person is crossed hand eye dominant then they will shoot better because their dominant eye is not blocked by the basketball she also writes, “coaches need to coach from the eyes down”, since the eyes play a very important part in basketball shooting. Although, crossed hand eye dominance provides the best basketball shooting percentages, dominance-altering…