Transcript What determines your dominate hand?

What determines your
dominate hand?
By: Hailey Hughes
Period 5
What is hand dominants?
 A dominant hand is the hand you use
more in general. If you are right-handed,
you don’t feel as comfortable with your
left hand as your right.
 Also, most people feel that there non
dominant hand isn’t as strong as there
dominant hand.
Why are there more right-handed
people then left-handed?
 5% of 30% is left-handed
 70-90% of people are right-handed
 People prefer there left hand
Studies'
 Hand dominants starts to develop
between 2-3 years
 It fully develops by age 6
 Usually, a baby will pick up random
objects, with one hand and then start to
prefer that hand over then the other
How do you figure out what your
dominant hand is?
 Whatever hand you write/ use more
 If you play sports, it’s what hand you use
to dribble, throw, or hit.
 Or you can find your dominant hand by
going into a boxing position and what
hand you use to punch.
 Or you can see if you are stronger with
either or right or left hand
Genetics
 2% of children that are left-handed, both
parents are right-handed
 42% of children that are left-handed, both
of there parents are left-handed
 Handedness is mostly determined by
genetics
Citations
 "Hand Dominance." Hand Dominance. N.p., n.d. Web. 28
Mar. 2013.
 "What Causes Hand Dominance?" WiseGEEK. N.p., n.d.
Web. 28 Mar. 2013.
 "Why Are More People Right-handed?: Scientific
American." Why Are More People Right-handed?:
Scientific American. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2013.