I am right handed. Am I ambidextruous if I write and clean my teeth with my right hand, and cut, colour in and do other things with my left hand?
2006-12-20 16:52:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
No. Ambidextrous means you can do anything with both hands.
2006-12-20 19:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Sax M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't sound like it. Here, this might help:
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 hand for others tasks. 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. Cross-dominance can often be a problem when shooting or in activities that require aim, as the mind usually focuses on a side.
2006-12-21 03:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are ambidextrous.
I too, can do things with both hands (even writing with both my right and my left hand).
Have a lovely rest of the evening. Happy Holidays.
2006-12-21 00:55:35 · answer #3 · answered by Goblin g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that when you can do things without really having to concentrate hard, using which ever hand is available, then you are ambidextrous... just do it because it feels natural... I still have a few minor problems throwing with my off-hand, but is getting better!
2006-12-21 02:32:26 · answer #4 · answered by buckaroo_57 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone does normal everyday tasks with both hands. If you can do the same tasks with both hands equally as well, then you are ambidextrous. If you can tell a significant difference in your handwriting (like it is really messy with one hand and normal with the other) then you are not truly ambidextrous.
2006-12-21 00:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by bashnick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you start writing with both your left hand and your right hand, and when you start throwing a baseball with both your left hand and your right hand, then you can consider yourself ambidextrous...
2006-12-21 00:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by LongSnapper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are if you can do the majority of things-like writing-with either hand equally well.
2006-12-21 00:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by Dreaming Dragon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. I am right-handed, but I deal cards and sometimes shoot basketball with my left hand.
2006-12-21 01:56:52 · answer #8 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a little, it sounds like, but not nearly completely. I'm sort of the same way haha
2006-12-21 00:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by High On Life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u r ambidextriose if u can do all things fluently with either hand.
2006-12-21 00:54:23 · answer #10 · answered by janie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋