Ambidexterity

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I know this has been discussed before, but someone just sent me this link, and it made me re-think a few things:

11 Facts About the Ambidextrous

I'm not quite ambidextrous but I definitely have far more ability with my left hand than most right-handed people do (example of what I mean). I also consider myself "bisexual" though I dislike the word. I have synesthesia as well. The list mentions schizophrenia, which I know has a lot in common with ASD, and ADHD, which has a high co-morbidity with ASD. Numbers 9 and 10 seem to be consistent with what I know about most aspies and are certainly true about me. The only things on the list that don't match my experience are 7 and 8 - that ambidextrous people tend to have lower general intelligence. On the other hand, if that includes things like what NTs refer to as "common sense" then there might be a link after all.

Does anyone know if any serious research has been done regarding this link? It really deeply interests me and I'd like to find more information, but aside from personal anecdotes there is little to be found from a simple Google search. Maybe it's time for me to go for a Ph.D. and do some research!

Edit: Here's another article from the same site: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/125008 - a lot of this pertains to me. I'm right-handed but semi-ambidextrous and it's starting to make me wonder if a lot of traits I have long blamed on autism are actually more related to my handedness (and the way my hemispheres interact). It's also making me wonder if the autism and the hemisphere interaction are linked more strongly than I might have guessed.

I've always considered myself to be ambidextral but I have horrible handwriting and am better with my right (although this is because as a child, my teachers realized I could use both and forced me to use only my right hand - even though my left hand was (and still is) dominant; except for writing, I can do everything equally with both hands but my left always grabs things first.) so, I'm actually ambisinistral? (I've never even heard that word.) I meet all the other "criteria" except I'm not sure about 4 & 5 and the IQ thing (I know I'm at least on the higher end of average).

I have a little better control with my right hand but my left is not far behind.

I wish I could be. It's harder than it looks being like that!

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