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Are you right handed or left handed?

Do you think there are specific human characteristics/capabilities that could be associated with right handed or left handed people?

I'm left handed by the way

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florcita Answered:

Left-handed and right-handed people view the world differently, scientists have shown. For example, they use opposite sides of their brains when looking at, and making sense of, an image.

It is already known that handedness is associated with differences in the way we make sense of language, and possibly in spatial orientation.

Right-handed people use the right hemisphere of their brain to focus on the whole of an image. But when it comes to focusing on the detail within an image, then they use their left hemisphere. For left-handers the opposite is true. Which is why left-handed people are known to usually be more creative.
Research has suggested that left-handed people are more susceptible to a range of problems, including allergies, auto-immune diseases, depression, drug abuse, and sleeping disorders.
Left-handers are thought to have poorer spatial skills, and thus to be more vulnerable to car crashes and other serious accidents. This of course is all in theory. On a more positive note, left handers are often known to be better athletes because they grow up dealing with the pressures to be comfortable physically with both sides of their body. I hope this explains a bit for you.

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OronD Answered:

Hi,

This topic interested the scientists for many years. If you enter Google and you see oceans of data about it. Many books deal with that subject. I believe you read Hebrew, I can send you several very interesting summaries of books dealing with this subject. The answer to your question is YES, there are specific human characteristics / capabilities that are directly associated with right handed or left handed people. Wikipedia provides you with a good summary.
I am left handed. My parents forbid be to use my left hand. They forced me to use only my right hand. Today I am using my right hand but if I fall down I'll instinctively protect myself with my left hand.... and in any event that I'll react auotomatically I'll still use (always) my left hand.... So I am a right handed in a left handed mind..... lol....
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