Clare Porac
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Clare Porac
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Professor Emerita & Academy Professor, Penn State University. I study left-handers. My blog, In Your Hands, is at sites.psu.edu/clarep My two novels are In Strange Places and Is This My Place.
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Left-footed punt kickers are rare in the National Football League. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep #lefthanded #laterality #neuropsychology
Left foot forward
The football season is underway in the United States. Every National Football League (NFL) team has players who excel at kicking the ball. Kicking field goals and extra points after touchdowns are imp...
sites.psu.edu
October 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Left-footed punt kickers are rare in the National Football League. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep #lefthanded #laterality #neuropsychology
Left foot forward
The football season is underway in the United States. Every National Football League (NFL) team has players who excel at kicking the ball. Kicking field goals and extra points after touchdowns are imp...
sites.psu.edu
October 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
August 13 is International Left-handers Day. My latest blog post celebrates with stories about two famous left-handed musicians, Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix. But was Jimi Hendrix actually left-handed? Find out at sites.psu.edu/clarep
August 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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A recent study examined the association between handedness type (right, left, mixed) and clinical disorders such as autism. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep
July 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A recent study examined the association between handedness type (right, left, mixed) and clinical disorders such as autism. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep
July 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One week left to purchase either the paperback or the ebook version of books 1 and 2 of The Victoria Trilogy, In Strange Places and Is This My Place. Go to store.bookbaby.com/book/in-stra... or store.bookbaby.com/book/is-this... Use coupon code VICTORIA to get the 50% discount. Offer expires July 1.
June 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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A person's handedness influences where they walk when with another person. Right-handers like the right side, left-handers the left side. Ther preferred hand is on the outside of the couple. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep
Whose side are you on, again?
A previous blog post described a study exploring the side preferences of heterosexual couples when they walked together. ¹ The authors found the handedness of males predicted their preferred side when...
sites.psu.edu
May 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A person's handedness influences where they walk when with another person. Right-handers like the right side, left-handers the left side. Ther preferred hand is on the outside of the couple. Read about it in my latest blog post at sites.psu.edu/clarep
Whose side are you on, again?
A previous blog post described a study exploring the side preferences of heterosexual couples when they walked together. ¹ The authors found the handedness of males predicted their preferred side when...
sites.psu.edu
May 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM