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Jinan,

On Jun 7, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Jinan K B <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Isn't ambidexterity the ability to use both hands quite well?
> In traditional societies people used both their hands for most of the
> activities- craft, farming etc, in fact their whole body. I have seen
> carpenters using their  legs to hold wood and the hands for other
> work. This is done in most things they do and naturally both hands
> gets used to action.

Do these carpenters use tools with their right and left hands equally or do most of them tend to hold a mallet in their right hands and a chisel in their left hands if it is opportune to do so?


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