4.25.2009

Left-Handers Facts Pt.5

The Incas revered left-handers. Maybe this is because one of their earliest kings, Lloque Yupanqui, was a southpaw.

Recent studies show that southpaw males, in particular, tend to achieve higher than average scores on the mathematics section of the SAT.

Twisted wire jewelry from Roman times suggests about 10 percent was made by left-handers, indicating that perhaps this is a “natural” proportion.

If you’re raising a lefty, left-handed children’s scissors, pencil, grips, rulers, and a variety of other home and school products designed to make daily life a little less frustrating are now available, no matter where you live.

Did you know that experts say the brains of left-handed people develop more freely in utero, allowing the organization to stray more from the standard design? That makes left-handers’ brains less predictable than right-handers’.

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