- What can left-handed people do?
- What can left handers not do?
- What makes left-handed special?
- Why is it rare to be left-handed?
What can left-handed people do?
Left-handed people are said to be good at complex reasoning, resulting in a high number of lefty Noble Prize winners, writers, artists, musicians, architects and mathematicians. According to research published in the American Journal of Psychology, lefties appear to be better at divergent thinking.
What can left handers not do?
20 Struggles Only Left Handed People Will Understand
- Finding a lefty friendly desk. ...
- Ergonomic handle scissors, not for lefties though. ...
- Measuring tapes tend to be upside down. ...
- Crosswords are discriminatory. ...
- The eternal right-left elbow war. ...
- The devil's own spiral notebooks. ...
- Can openers can go do one. ...
- Firing a gun could.
What makes left-handed special?
In left-handed people, both sides of the brain tend to communicate more effectively. This means that left-handed people may have superior language and verbal ability. The research may also shed new light on the role that brain development plays in neurological disorders .
Why is it rare to be left-handed?
So why are lefties so rare? Scientists have long tried to answer this. In 2012, researchers at Northwestern University developed a mathematical model to show that the percentage of left-handed people was a result of human evolution — specifically, a balance of cooperation and competition.