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René Westerhausen

@rwesterhausen.bsky.social

Cognitive Neuroscientist interested in brain asymmetry and handedness

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Hockey handedness Hockey is the sport of the moment in the USA because both the women’s and men’s USA Olympic hockey teams won gold medals at the recent Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy. I have writt...

Is the incidence of left-handedness among NHL players really 60%? Find out about the difference between everyday handedness and hockey handedness in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

02.03.2026 19:04 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Five ways to spot when a paper is a fraud Science sleuths share their common-sense tips for sniffing out fishy articles.

Science sleuths share their common-sense tips for sniffing out fishy articles

go.nature.com/4ceKgVF

25.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 55    🔁 25    💬 2    📌 2
Left after ten years My blog, In Your Hands, is finishing its tenth year. I wrote the first blog post in December of 2015 to coincide with the publication of my book, Laterality: Exploring the Enigma of Left-handedness. M...

I am celebrating 10 years of my blog, In Your Hands. I have written over 150 posts describing handedness research. Read my comments on the 10-year history at sites.psu.edu/clarep #laterality #lefthanded #neuropsychology

12.12.2025 18:12 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Retraining of left handers: evidence from 19th century caricature - René Westerhausen On one of my virtual excursions into the excellent digital historical library of the University of Heidelberg [1], I came across the weekly Bavarian-German magazine called Fliegende Blätter, so, Flyin...

I found a caricature from mid 19th century Bavaria/Germany showing that the retraining of left handers was a common practise.

Here my take on it: westerhausen.dk/retraining-o...

25.02.2026 13:33 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Are Architects More Likely to Be Left-Handed Than Other People? Is left-handedness linked to a higher probability of choosing certain jobs? A new study investigated this question with regard to architects.

Are Architects More Likely to Be Left-Handed Than Other People? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

25.02.2026 13:29 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for picking up the paper.

25.02.2026 13:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Architects are right There are several recent research papers questioning the assertion that left-handers have superior visual-spatial and artistic abilities when compared to right-handers. Architecture is a profession th...

Are there more left-handers among architects than one would find in the general population? Read about the results of a recent study of award-winning architects in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep

29.01.2026 17:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Left-Handers Are More Competitive Than Right-Handers Left-handers are better at some types of sports than right-handers. But are they also more competitive? A new study says yes.

Left-Handers Are More Competitive Than Right-Handers | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

25.02.2026 02:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0