tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post860069127101097448..comments2023-10-31T10:57:37.652+00:00Comments on Epiphenom: The handedness of beliefEpiphenomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420404206189437710noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-3152381932341961972013-08-14T04:22:11.546+01:002013-08-14T04:22:11.546+01:00Hey, I resemble that too...I'm exactly the sam...Hey, I resemble that too...I'm exactly the same way...."Left handed writing/ eating, right handed throwing, cutting"! I'm extremely creative, have a sensitive disposition, and I'm definitely an iconoclast!!Faylynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-51131870233718071852013-01-06T09:38:55.100+00:002013-01-06T09:38:55.100+00:00I just came across this post (linked from the end-...I just came across this post (linked from the end-of-year round up) and found it fascinating. One of the studies on analytical thinking and religious belief found that there was an inverse correlation between the personality openness to experience and belief in God. On other hand, openness to experience is also positively correlated with magical thinking and paranormal beliefs. (I wrote an article about this <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unique-everybody-else/201209/opening-the-mind-where-skepticism-and-superstition-meet" rel="nofollow">here.</a>) This seems to parallel the findings in this article that ambidextrous people reject certain "conventional" religious ideas such as creationism and yet are also more gullible. I wonder if ambidextrous people are higher than others on openness to experience as well?Scott McGrealhttp://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unique-everybody-elsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-56466820766056893282012-02-20T23:09:24.773+00:002012-02-20T23:09:24.773+00:00When you relate magical thinking to evolution, eve...When you relate magical thinking to evolution, every scientist die a little in the insideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-73517932906524966822012-02-20T06:15:21.175+00:002012-02-20T06:15:21.175+00:00Hey, I resemble that. Left handed writing/ eating,...Hey, I resemble that. Left handed writing/ eating, right handed throwing, cutting. I'm also a useful research scientist. I'd like to see more data along these lines.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496392728357471483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-48368621871229883792012-02-20T03:07:39.419+00:002012-02-20T03:07:39.419+00:00Since when is evolution a radical idea? 150+ year...Since when is evolution a radical idea? 150+ years of peer-reviewed observation and experimentation should be more than enough to remove ay such stigma...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-61064553256813820002012-02-18T16:25:06.067+00:002012-02-18T16:25:06.067+00:00I'm ambidextrous and schizotypal, but neither ...I'm ambidextrous and schizotypal, but neither makes me a follower of " The Transcendental Temptation," the superstitions - the supernatural and the paranormal, and I objurgate both!<br /> Yes, anonymous, that applies to schizotypy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-52443437649115936272012-02-16T21:05:41.859+00:002012-02-16T21:05:41.859+00:00There were a total of 203 people in the study, so ...There were a total of 203 people in the study, so it was a decent size. To address deeveybees point, although the graphic uses cut-offs for the sake of visual clarity, the main points of the study are made using regression. So it's not likely to be an artefact of arbitrary thresholds.<br /><br />Sabio, people who are self-reported ambidextrous are genuinely ambidextrous. They genuinely use either of their hands for a range of daily tasks. However, when you test them using a computer response game, the results you get are a little different (although they basically correlate). Niebauer used self reported handedness.<br /><br />In this study, the result was that magical ideation correlated significantly with self-report, but not with assessed handedness.Epiphenomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420404206189437710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-85004348232051548462012-02-16T19:37:18.771+00:002012-02-16T19:37:18.771+00:00Very interesting topic that I think needs more stu...Very interesting topic that I think needs more study. How large was the control group? Do we know for sure that ambidextrous people's brains are wired differently?<br /><br />Definitely something to think on.Reason Beinghttp://www.reason-being.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-47719034591787167572012-02-16T16:57:35.421+00:002012-02-16T16:57:35.421+00:00is this true of people who have become ambidextrou...is this true of people who have become ambidextrous due to injury or other outside factors?undrgrndgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-55093492116506927572012-02-16T12:22:53.664+00:002012-02-16T12:22:53.664+00:00The Handedness Study was fascinating on several le...The Handedness Study was fascinating on several levels!<br />But I found this post confusing because of "handedness" testing methods. I was hoping you could clear up my confusion:<br /><br />(1) <b>Measuring Handedness</b><br />A very important point seems to be that methods of measuring handedness yield different results.<br />Self-Reported Ambidexterous (srA) make up a different set than Actual-Ambidexterous (aA).<br />Niebauer's study was of srA (correct? You don't tell us )<br />Badzakova-Trajkov's study was of both srA & aA: srA according to paragraph 3, but in paragraph 8 you tell us she used a "proper test".<br /><br />I would start out the post by discussing the two methods since you tell us they yield very different and contradictory results. And then, for each test named, I would label them srA or aA so we can keep them straight. [or some such method]<br /><br />Your opening sentence said, "People who are ambidextrous are more likely to have magical beliefs." but who did those studies and which method did they determine ambidextrousness with? Were the srA or aA? This would be critical. Did they use the same operative definition of "magical beliefs"?<br /><br />(2) <b>Proper Test</b><br />What the heck is that -- this is critical. fMRI? EEG?<br />So would Niebauer's studies and previous studies have had different conclusions if they had done "proper tests" for aA?Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-32600195388159140242012-02-16T06:38:51.861+00:002012-02-16T06:38:51.861+00:00I suspect this is a spurious association. See
Bish...I suspect this is a spurious association. See<br />Bishop, D. V. M. (1990). How to increase your chances of obtaining a significant association between handedness and disorder. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ñeuropsychology, 12, 786-790. <br />http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01688639008401022deevybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118040887173718391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-36717589185135787442012-02-16T04:31:53.670+00:002012-02-16T04:31:53.670+00:00Anonyous, the answer is yes for both questions, in...Anonyous, the answer is yes for both questions, incredibly our society consider that in the DMR-VJean Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566673188447605063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-87541838749075154612012-02-15T23:21:02.888+00:002012-02-15T23:21:02.888+00:00How big were the sample sizes?How big were the sample sizes?Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1051713021757781960.post-77506638096106849762012-02-15T23:17:11.712+00:002012-02-15T23:17:11.712+00:00Isn't magical thinking considered one of the s...Isn't magical thinking considered one of the symptoms of schizoid/schizotypal personality disorder? Is there any connection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com