Left Handed People
In times past, left-handed people were thought to be the children of the devil, but a scientific study suggests that sinistrals are not as cursed as was once thought. Some studies have indicated that left-handers are more likely to die prematurely than their right-handed counterparts. It was thought that left-handers may be more prone to accidents because their sense of spatial awareness is not acute as right -handers. But new research in the Lancet suggests that left-handers are at no greater risk of dying earlier. Investigators sent a questionnaire inquiring about handedness to people aged between 15 and 70 years. They received 6,097 correctly completed responses. Nine years later they attempted to trace the respondents. Research revealed that 5,662 were still alive, 387 had died, and 48 could not be traced. However further analysis revealed that handedness was not related to longevity. The researchers led by Dr. Simon Ellis, from the Department of neurology, North Staffordshire, concluded: "Handedness did not make a significant contribution to the outcome of death."10 to 15 percent of humankind is left-handed. In a world designed for right-handers, lefties can be more accident-prone, more susceptible to disease, and may not
Buddha sends his adherents down the right-hand path to Nirvana. live as long as right-handed people. And, besides struggling with tools designed for right-handed people, lefties have had to contend with: By doing this research I also found that Stone Age implements discovered seem equally divided between left and right and studies of cave drawings have indicated a preference for the left hand. When tools became more sophisticated, a clear hand preference emerged. The right hand preference may have originated in sun worship. Lefties are becoming increasingly vocal. Left-handers International, a pro-lefty lobby group, celebrates August 13 as Lefthanders Day.
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