This simple survey will tell you how left-handed you are and give you an overall score you can compare to the thousands of others who have taken the test.
You can see our analysis of the test results so far here.
So go ahead and tick the options for which hand you use for various things and see how you rate overall…
How left handed are you?
We all have our own view of whether we are left-handed or not and, ultimately, that is the the test - if you consider yourself to be left-handed then you are! That said, most people are mixed in their handedness and it is rare for people to do everything with just one hand or side of their body. Our test below will show which side you use for various tasks and how consistent you are in the use of your hands. It will also give you give you an overall score out of 100 for your level of left-handedness and you can see how you compare to other people. To get the overall score, we have weighted the various factors so, for example, writing left-handed gets a far higher weighting in the overall score than which way you hold a bat two-handed (see this page for more information on how we did this).
I was born lefthanded in 1950 so grew up in a righthanded world finding many tasks difficult but not knowing why. I was just known as slow. I’ve got a fairly high IQ plus artistic ability which I used in my career as a graphic designer and later as a ceramic artist. In your LH Test I came out with 100% but if you had asked which hand I used with the computer mouse it would be my right hand. This is because I came to computing in my 40’s when the children who are both righthanded, needed a computer and to save altering the mouse settings everytime I used the computer I simply got used to using it like a righthander.
I am 66 years old and been a leftie all my life 🙂 But when I was in school, like a previous commenter being taught in school was a challenge. At age 6 my teacher tried to make me do everything right handed. It led to terrible stuttering 🙁 My mom went to school and also set the teacher straight on that and the stuttering stopped. So I did learn to bat right handed and I iron right handed and I struggle with right scissors but all in all I remain true to myself and stay a leftie in mostly everything else.
Well, it seems to be unanimous that a lot of us 50 years or older would probably have used our left hand a heck of a lot more had we been allowed to.
I too was taught to bat and throw a ball right handed. There was no option. I find I am more accurate throwing left, but have greater distance throwing right.
Perhaps to accurately discern true left handed use, the survey should have a section of questions dedicated to forced application and learning. I do not believe this survey was that serious.
As for the rest of the problems living in a right handed world, I find most comments bang on. Lefties have no choice but to adapt one way or another. It is becoming easier with left handed tools etc. now, and I believe that 11% is on the rise as more left handed people are left alone to be left handed. (:
I’m a lefty, and its very difficult for me cut fruits or vegetables with a knife using my left hand …
Came out as seriously left handed, which I know, but I did have trouble with the “throwing a ball” question. If I’m tossing a ball to someone, I tend to throw with my left, but if I’m bowling, I tend to use my right. I also juggle, so I’m fairly good at throwing with either hand. 🙂
I cant open tins because they are for right handers iam special. I am a twin have a rare blood group and i am very left handed had to laugh when i took my bank book to the cashier and she couldn’t tear the page out or stamp it. I said you know how it uss for me now
I’m the opposite of Cristina. I throw right-handed but bowl left-handed, and I cannot juggle anything! 🙂
I have always used right-handed scissors in my left hand, whether cutting paper, dressmaking or in the garden. I hold them in a very awkward hooked-hand position and after a while I get a very painful wrist and thumb. But…I can’t use left-handed scissors at all, I’ve tried but can’t manage to use them without getting twisted up. I think I need to practice!
Also, I use a standard right-hand mouse in my left hand – I’ve tried it with the buttons switched but it makes no sense. I use my middle finger to click the left-button, and my first finger for the right-button.
I used to do Judo competitively but found that no end of coaches struggled to teach me the throws left-handed. Few Judo players are left handed from what I’ve seen, so it’s confusing for the opponent (which was often to my advantage!)
Growing up with RH people and low availability of LH products, I learned to use both hands for everything but writing and eating. Opponents in tennis never get a backhand shot on me and switch play with golf. My biggest pet peeve growing up was RH desks at school. The survey should allow for L, R, or B (both) options. Thanks for the site
I knew before I took the test that I would be 100% left handed….people make fun of the way I tick….
My twin brother is as right handed as I am left handed
I learned to knit & crochet while having someone sit in front of me. At work we having quite a few lefties but I am the only person to use the mouse on the left. I am 67 & the nuns kept cracking my left hand knuckles trying to change me saying it was the “devil’s work” My mom set them straight telling them that the Lord made me left handed & by God, I was staying left handed