Abstract
Human has a preference to use their hands for various manual activities. Left-handed preference is people who tend to use their left hand to perform various manual activities, while right-handed people tend to use right-handed. Any researches show that the left-handed preference for more creativity was influenced by the dominant use of the right brain and bigger corpus callosum. The research aims to determine the percentage of left-handed preference and their creativity in Universitas Papua, Manokwari Papua Barat. The method used in this research is the descriptive method. Data collection used a questionnaire to evaluate individual hand preference using Handedness Questionnaire and to determine individual creativity using Adjective Check List. The percentage of left-handed people in UNIPA were 9.3% or lower than right-handed and higher than ambidextrous. Our study supports the statement about selection in handedness in the traditional society which showed a higher percentage of left-hander as advantages related to using hand intensively. The percentage of left-handed males and females was almost equal and strongly left-handed was higher in females. The percentage of creative people was higher in left-handed, especially in males
Highlights
Human has a preference to use one hand for various manual activities
Any researches show that lefthanded preference for more creativity was influenced by the dominant use of the right brain and bigger corpus callosum
Those study contrary to research conducted by Nurhayu (2015) which found higher creativity in right handed students
Summary
Human has a preference to use one hand for various manual activities. Individual who tends to use the left hand to perform various manual activities is called left-handed, while kinan (right-handed) is an individual who tends to use their right-handed. Hand preference questionnaire is a self assessment that asks the subject to choose which hand their use to do manual activities as throw a ball, hammer, draw, etc (Strien, 2002). Left handed people were more creative because they are dominant using the right brain (Burke, et al, 2009). Those study contrary to research conducted by Nurhayu (2015) which found higher creativity in right handed students. Habits in patterns of thinking and doing daily activities on students, lecturers, and employees in Papua University that underlying researcher to study about hand preference and their creativity in Papua University, Manokwari. Our study aims to determine percentage of handedness and whether left handed people more creative than right handed in Papua University. The hand preference questionnaire consists of 10 manual activities. Total score ≤ 3 categorized as not creative, while total score > 3 are categorized as creative (Gough, 1979)
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