Ambidexterity - what exactly it is?

 Ambidexterity is a very complex topic and since there are very few people who possess this quality, the amount of research done in this area is comparatively less.  In this post, I would try to state common facts depending upon what I have read and the way A does things 

 Ambidexterity loosely means ability to both the hands equally well while doing any task. While this is the truest state but usually it is not the case. Majorly, ambidextrous people do a few tasks with one hand and other tasks with another hand. The point here is usually they do not have a single dominant hand.

As wikipedia says, the word "ambidextrous" is derived from the Latin roots ambi-, meaning "both", and dexter, meaning "right" or "favorable". Thus, "ambidextrous" is literally "both right" or "both favorable"

Though it has been widely known that ambidextrous people can write with both hands, it might not be the case always. If we see the sportspersons who are ambidextrous then majority of them write with one hand and play games with another hand. Since there is no particular dominant hand.

Not going into scientific terminologies but according to a few scientists, the part that connects both halves of brain is slightly larger in ambidextrous people than right handed ones, which makes communication between two halves more efficient and thus ambidextrous people are tend to be smarter and fast learners

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Ambidextrous people most of the times do well in music, arts and sports. They might not do as good with conventional academics. While they say that language center in brain mostly decides handedness, ambidextrous people tend to find it difficult to learn languistic skills. I guess that might be because they do not have any dominance in particular.

Ambidexterity makes communication between two halves stronger, there are people who deliberately practise being one. This is definitely beneficial. The starting point of this could be practise writing with your non dominant hand. Also, it is usually a good thing to encourage kids to do more of bimanual activities. One should definitely do this if the kids are clumy. This also can help brain development of both halves

Thats all for now. More on bilateral coordination, mirror writing and such things in upcoming posts...