Clare Porac

@ckhand.bsky.social

Professor Emerita & Academy Professor, Penn State University. I study left-handers. My blog, In Your Hands, is at sites.psu.edu/clarep My two novels are In Strange Places and Is This My Place.

The typical twin study explores the hand preference resemblance between identical and fraternal twins reared together. What is the resemblance between twins when they are reared apart? Read the results of a study on this issue in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

Handedness of twins reared apart

Identical or MZ (monozygotic) twins develop from a single fertilized egg or zygote that divides during the first weeks after conception. MZ twins share 100% of their genes while fraternal or DZ (dizyg...

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Today is International Left-handers Day. Best wishes to left-handers & a reminder that my blog, In Your Hands, has over 150 posts featuring science-based information about left-handedness. Find my blog at sites.psu.edu/clarep

Where left is not right

Most western countries have embraced the presence of left-handers and discriminatory practices against this group have decreased significantly in recent decades. However, there are regions of the worl...

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A person's handedness influences where they walk when with another person. Right-handers like the right side, left-handers the left side. Ther preferred hand is on the outside of the couple. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

Whose side are you on, again?

A previous blog post described a study exploring the side preferences of heterosexual couples when they walked together. ¹ The authors found the handedness of males predicted their preferred side when...

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A person's handedness influences where they walk when with another person. Right-handers like the right side, left-handers the left side. Ther preferred hand is on the outside of the couple. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

Whose side are you on, again?

A previous blog post described a study exploring the side preferences of heterosexual couples when they walked together. ¹ The authors found the handedness of males predicted their preferred side when...

sites.psu.edu