The article deals with the psychological characteristics of left-handed children. It is necessary to
distinguish between the terms "left-handed" and "left -handed". Left-handedness is the predominant use and active use
of the left hand, that is, an external manifestation of the fact that the main, leading role(temporarily or permanently) in
providing voluntary movements for some reason has been taken over by the right hemisphere of the brain. Thus, left -
handedness is often associated with pathology. Scientists say that such a child is not left-handed, but "right- handed."
As for the concept of "left-handed", this is a manifestation of a stable, unchanging characteristic of the human nervous system (primarily the brain), which is fundamentally different from right-handedness, if these people have genetic lefthandedness.
handiness In other words, left-handedness is not only a preference for the left hand, but also a completely
different distribution of functions between the cerebral hemispheres.