Inverted Left Handers - Pres. Obama & Prince William

Martijn (admin) wrote:

Patti wrote:When I say "over the top of the writing" I'm describing the same as "in which the hand lies above the line of writing".

Okay, yes... that makes sense.

But I still think that it is basically all a matter of how the 'pen' is hold... because even when a hand comes from the side ('hooked' or 'not hooked') that still can result in a relatively normal position below the writing line, etc. etc.

(The details in the pictures describe the 'typical' details... but in practice there are quite a few variations possible, so since the participants were asked to make a rating for themselves... the result might even depend on the vocabulary used describing the task is formulated; but since it is a 'writing' related task... it would make sense to ask the subjects to describe how they hold their pen/pencil/ballpoint... instead of asking about their "writing position" - as described in the first McManus study from 1985 that I mentioned)


Okay... I better withdraw Angelina Jolie as a 'typical' example. Though her photos became very helpful for me to understand what the issue of 'inverted writing' really implicates.