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I was born almost a month premature. I didn't start talking until much later than my siblings and am markedly less social. I've also read that brain lateralizat
by joepanda 10y ago
I was born almost a month premature. I didn't start talking until much later than my siblings and am markedly less social. I've also read that brain lateralization may occur later in pregnancy and although my family is all right-handed, I am very left side dominant. It's kind of a bummer to read this, but at least anecdotally, it agrees my experience.
- sogen 10y agoOne question, where you in NICU?
- joepanda 10y agoI'm not sure. I know it was fairly serious, but I don't know the details.
- sogen 10y agoThanks
- silencio 10y agoI think once you're near something like 34-36 weeks, it's only a thing if you have problems staying warm or eating or breathing. I was late preterm too like your parent comment and I did not have a nicu stay.
- psbp 10y agoExact same situation. I never struggled academically, but to this day I'm still socially reserved. Here's a great paper comparing lefties in terms of several long-term outcomes, none of them are good :( http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/joshuagoodman/files/rwp12-002-goodman.pdf http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/joshuagoodman/files/rwp12-0... The paper does include the potential link between left-handedness and pre-term birth.