Tag: left-handed
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20 Left-handed People Who Shaped History
These lefties made significant contributions to history, science, and culture. Have you ever wondered why left-handed people, a trait shared by only 10% of the world’s population, seem so well represented among history’s visionaries, leaders, and artists? Undoubtedly, “lefties” had to struggle to get ahead throughout history. In ancient times, being left-handed was often viewed…
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Researchers Reveal Left-Handed People are the Smartest
Are left-handed people more intelligent than their right-handed counterparts? “The findings are considered to support the view that greater engagement of right-hemispheric resources facilitates the performance of higher order functions that orchestrate cognition, such as mental flexibility, inhibitory control, and working memory operations.” – Beratis et. al (2013) Okay, so approximately 10 percent of our…
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What Being Left or Right-Handed Reveals About Your Thoughts
Left or right-handedness is something you might not give much thought to, unless you have to use lefty scissors. However, what it reveals about how you think might surprise you. We have one brain but it has a left and right half. Scientists call these hemispheres, and they connect in the middle. Each hemisphere of…