Scientific study reveals lefties are more intelligent.

[sjastro]

As a left hander what can I say.

"An American scientist has gathered new evidence on the link between left-handedness and intellectual creativity, confirming that "true left-handers" tend to be more intelligent and eloquent than right-handers, and better at solving problems.

Dr Alan Searleman, from St Lawrence University, New York, presenting his findings to the American Psychological Association's annual conference, said: "Left-handers have a higher 'fluid' intelligence and better vocabulary than the majority of the population. This is perhaps why there are more of them in creative professions, such as music, art and writing."

Dr Searleman says that people who throw balls with their left hands, use their left eyes to look through peepholes and place their left ears against the wall to eavesdrop on conversations are twice as good at problem-solving and have wider vocabularies than their right-handed peers.

He enlisted 1,200 people for memory, vocabulary and problem-solving tests. They were asked questions including: Do you hold a match while striking it with your right or left hand? Which ear do you use to listen to another person's heartbeat? Which eye do you use to look into a dark bottle to see how full it is? He found that people who were "true left-handers", who did everything on their left side, from kicking a football to picking up a glass of water, scored one-third more highly on vocabulary tests and twice as well on problem-solving tasks.

People who were found to be "mixed", using both their left and right hands, ears, eyes and feet for different tasks, achieved the same scores as "true right handers".

The research also found that more left-handed people were intellectually gifted, with IQs over 140, Dr Searleman said."

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

What can I say- this is only because you are all sporn from the Devil, and you all need to be purged from this world and returned from wence you came!!!

[Terry B]

Why bother doing this research? I would have thought that the result was self evident.

[TrevorW]

Obviously the Dr was a lefty

[multiweb (Marc)]

Yeah I'm trying to type this with my left hand now... .. not that easy indeed

[sjastro]

Originally Posted by mental4astro

What can I say- this is only because you are all sporn from the Devil, and you all need to be purged from this world and returned from wence you came!!!

Having been in a Cathoilc boarding school for a couple of years and having my knuckles rapped everytime I was seen writing with my left hand, being "purged" is not far from the truth.

Steven

[Wavytone]

"more of them in creative professions, such as music, art and writing"

All he's proved is lefties tend to be blah-tists.

Arty-farty blah doesn't equal intelligence.

[starlooker (Duc)]

Originally Posted by sjastro

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Dr Searleman says that people who throw balls with their left hands, use their left eyes to look through peepholes and place their left ears against the wall to eavesdrop on conversations are twice as good at problem-solving and have wider vocabularies than their right-handed peers.

How can eavesdropping be meaningfully, scientifically evaluated? Maybe only from a behavioural sense.

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

And the Good Book said - Let there be LIGHT!

And it came in the form of genetic engineering- which should soon see the eradication of this throw-back, inferior line of human development, !!!

[OzRob (Rob)]

I remember reading a long time ago the left-handers are more likely to be gay...

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by OzRob

I remember reading a long time ago the left-handers are more likely to be gay...

This lefty is as straight as the Eyre highway buddy

[matt]

Originally Posted by OzRob

I remember reading a long time ago the left-handers are more likely to be gay...

LMAO!!!!!

I guess the lefties will conveniently overlook that little bit of research

I'd like a survey done of how many of them own and wear a cravat and enjoy singing show tunes....LOL

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Originally Posted by matt

LMAO!!!!!

I guess the lefties will conveniently overlook that little bit of research

I'd like a survey done of how many of them own and wear a cravat and enjoy singing show tunes....LOL

Oi!!!
I (occasionally) wear a cravat (Favourbrook, naturally) and enjoy musical theatre (tho' not ALW) and I aint f****** gay an' I'll f***** have a go at anyone who says I f****** am!
Hocccch, Ptuuuuiii!

('Course there was that confusing time in high-school.....)

[TrevorW]

I rather be ambidextrous that way I could do it with both hands

[matt]

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

Oi!!!
I (occasionally) wear a cravat (Favourbrook, naturally) and enjoy musical theatre (tho' not ALW) and I aint f****** gay an' I'll f***** have a go at anyone who says I f****** am!
Hocccch, Ptuuuuiii!

('Course there was that confusing time in high-school.....)

I dunno...

That little outburst just makes me more convinced, sweetie!!!!!

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Oh yeah...'an I aint a "leftie" either. Anyone who says I am, et. etc. ....

Suppposedly this is where we get the word "SINISTER" from, the Latin for 'left' being 'sinestre' or something.
People born left-handed were thought to be touched by the devil and therefore sneeky, evil and untrustworthy.
But who are we right-handers who enjoy God's grace and are above reproach, to cast dispersions and call them "unclean"?

[bones]

. Best news I've heard all day.

To top it off, think on this. If the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and vice versa, then left handed people are the only ones in their right state of mind ..

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by sjastro

As a left hander what can I say.

"An American scientist has gathered new evidence on the link between left-handedness and intellectual creativity, confirming that "true left-handers" tend to be more intelligent and eloquent than right-handers, and better at solving problems.

Dr Alan Searleman, from St Lawrence University, New York, presenting his findings to the American Psychological Association's annual conference, said: "Left-handers have a higher 'fluid' intelligence and better vocabulary than the majority of the population. This is perhaps why there are more of them in creative professions, such as music, art and writing."

Dr Searleman says that people who throw balls with their left hands, use their left eyes to look through peepholes and place their left ears against the wall to eavesdrop on conversations are twice as good at problem-solving and have wider vocabularies than their right-handed peers.

He enlisted 1,200 people for memory, vocabulary and problem-solving tests. They were asked questions including: Do you hold a match while striking it with your right or left hand? Which ear do you use to listen to another person's heartbeat? Which eye do you use to look into a dark bottle to see how full it is? He found that people who were "true left-handers", who did everything on their left side, from kicking a football to picking up a glass of water, scored one-third more highly on vocabulary tests and twice as well on problem-solving tasks.

People who were found to be "mixed", using both their left and right hands, ears, eyes and feet for different tasks, achieved the same scores as "true right handers".

The research also found that more left-handed people were intellectually gifted, with IQs over 140, Dr Searleman said."

What a load of BS!!!

It's a combination of both genes and upbringing. I know plenty of "lefties" who can't count to ten, let alone figure out anything more complicated.

1200 people is statistically insignificant anyway. In order to get a true gauge of the differences between left and right handed people, you'd actually need to study many thousands of people...and that would take decades.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

I read a study once that said lefties have a lower life expectancy - must wear out their superior brains! Ha!

[Octane (Humayun)]

What happens if you're left-handed /and/ a red-head? :S



Regards,
Humayun