title: Eclectic lefty-hand: Conjectures on Jimi Hendrix, handedness, and Electric Ladyland.
abstract: An analysis of Jimi Hendrix's guitar playing and song writing is presented in light of the effects of his mixed-right-handedness on motoric and conceptual processing. It is argued that (i) his mixed-handedness allowed him greater integration of the roles of his left and right hands in guitar playing and (ii) his right-handedness conferred specific benefits in playing a left-handed guitar. In terms of his song writing, the greater interhemispheric interaction (and consequent greater access to right hemisphere processing) associated with mixed-handedness is argued to characterise aspects of his lyrics and vocal delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA. stephen.christman@utoledo.edu
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004581:Electronics; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006225:Hand; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history