right handed vs lefthanded

India
February 25, 2007 5:41am CST
why are some people right handed and some left handed? is it by birth or do they use one hand more than the other while they grow.
2 responses
@Quatrus (56)
• Belgium
25 Feb 07
It has something to do with the dominant part of the brain. Right handed persons use their left hemisphere more than their right, with the left handed persons it is the reverse. Although it is possible to switch dominant hand. A girl in my class was left handed when she was very young, but she learned to write with her right hand, so now she is right handed.
• Philippines
28 Feb 07
It's innate, but it can be changed too. Back then, people think that you're demon-spawn if you're a lefty, and so they would force you to write with your right, to the point of tying up your left hand. -_-"