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1a Department of Psychology , Australian National University.
Journal of Motor Behavior
|August 15, 2013
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A 36 year-old man with unusual handwriting difficulties was tested for writing ability with the right and left hands shortly before and after a spontaneous change of writing habits. After only 10 mos. practice with the previously non-preferred (left) hand, handwriting speed and legibility was comparable on the two sides.
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