I know that someone who is equally skillful with their hands is known as being ambidextrous, but it escapes my knowledge the name given to someone who is equally skilled with their feet. I know there's a word out there for this but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. Help...
2006-09-10 06:39:25 · 6 answers · asked by United_Until_I_Die 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Weird was close. It's "ambipedal."
It's used in at least one journal article, and the word shows up in the search results. Unfortunately, the link shows only the abstract. You have to pay for full access.
Here's the search link. Look for the item titled "Brain motor system function..."
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=ambipedal&btnG=Search
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2006-09-10 07:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by levyrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define Ambidextrous
2016-10-04 10:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Being right-handed, or left-handed is dependent on 1 gene, and you're either right-handed, or 'undetermined' which means the gene is empty, both Lefties, and Ambidextrous people have that blank-gene. It has nothing to do with being artistic, or more rational though. The best art is creativity that gets to a point. The best science, or business, is factual with a lot of creativity. Basically they're Yin, and Yang, you need both to be great at something. Just being creative, or artistic makes you a flake, that has nothing to say, and can't get their creativity across. Just being rational, and factual, makes you incredibly boring, and restrained, because you can't bring your facts to life. So stop worrying, and just start doing, and feel free to take any approach you think will work.
2016-04-03 21:23:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The key to your question lies in Cross-dominance, also known as mixed-handedness, mixed dominance and cross laterality, is a motor skills manifestation in which a person not necessarily being truly ambidextrous favors one hand for some crucial and precise fine motor skill operations and the other for others. It can be readily observed, for example, in some police force members who hold a pistol with one hand and write with the other.
It can also refer to mixed laterality, which refers to a person favoring eyes, ears, feet, or hands on opposite sides of the body.
Ambidexterity is the ability to use both your hands with equal ease or facility, but if you're armless, IT COULD BE YOUR FEET.
Also, it is not uncommon that people preferring to use the right hand prefer to use the left leg, e.g. when using a shovel, kicking a football, or operating control pedals. In many cases, this may be because they are disposed for left-handedness but have been trained for right-handedness. Shovels are usually designed to be used with either foot CLEARLY EXTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN LATERALITY BETWEEN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY AND THE RIGHT LATERAL SIDE - Left hand - Right foot and vice versa
But the term to be used is Ambidextrous whether it is hands or feet - the key is Cross Dominance!!
2006-09-10 06:59:15 · answer #4 · answered by DemonInLove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I know that someone who is equally skillful with their hands is known as being ambidextrous, but it escapes my knowledge the name given to someone who is equally skilled with their feet. I know there's a word out there for this but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. Help...
2015-08-19 04:19:18 · answer #5 · answered by Carin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Multidextrous?Legidextrous? Legarmidextrous?
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2006-09-10 06:48:41 · answer #6 · answered by Freesumpin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of it.. I think its still called ambidextrous.
2006-09-10 06:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ambipedic or walks on both legs
2006-09-10 06:41:45 · answer #8 · answered by weirdoonee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋