2006-08-01 21:43:47 · 37 answers · asked by Wala 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
that is what left handed people are thinking
2006-08-01 21:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by premilove 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think there are some subtle differences. I have heard that around 25% of homosexuals are lefthanded. I am the only left handed person in my family and for a woman that is unusual . Less than 1% I think.
As for intelligence and creativity my poetry usually impresses people but i can't draw or paint to save my life. My IQ scores vary depending on what test i take but they have always been above average.
I think intelligence is actually quite difficult to assess in anyone as there are so many different types of intelligence and in general i think other genetic influences and things such as life experiences and upbringing make a hell of a lot more difference than hand preferences.
2006-08-02 03:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being ambidextrous I find this question challenging!
There is an old saying that people take with the left hand and give with the right? This may suggest that left-handed people are takers, more careful with money and so perhaps more successful financially.
Another saying refers to an itching palm - if it is the left hand then you can expect to receive money.
As far as intelligence is concerned, handedness is irrelevant. Granted that the hemispheres of the brain are pre-disposed to certain functions, but how one USES their brain - their cognitive ability - determines their measure of intelligence NOT how they use their hands.
2006-08-05 14:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Left-handed people are sometimes more creative, and where right-handed people's brains are left dominant, and especially so for language, left handed people's brains can be more dual controlled, and can use both hemispheres for language to some degree.
I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence in terms of IQ but then that depends on how many types of intelligence you believe there to be. Left-handed people may be more creatively-intelligent...
2006-08-01 23:04:00 · answer #4 · answered by old_but_still_a_child 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, (by the way I'm left handed) how can that be proven? I think right handed people are just as smart, I mean it's impossible to tell!
2006-08-03 09:38:59 · answer #5 · answered by Gareth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about more intelligent but we are supposed to be more creative maybe that's because we have to adapt to a world set up to better suited for right handed people.
2006-08-01 22:34:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. The last 3 US presidents were left handed, the current one is right handed :)
2006-08-01 22:28:27 · answer #7 · answered by mart8171 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find one intelligent who is left handed, it will make a lasting impression.
2006-08-01 21:54:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most intelligent people use both sides of their brain ie. the logical side mixed with the creative.
The best thinkers on this earth have a healthy mix of both sidedness.
As regards lefties, they are if you did a left handed IQ test under severe time constrained conditions.
2006-08-01 23:28:18 · answer #9 · answered by HarryBore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But from a survey I found that men who are left-handed earn more money than their right-handed colleagues. Left-handed women earn less than their right-handed colleagues.
Weird, but true.
2006-08-01 21:50:20 · answer #10 · answered by The Phantom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don´t think that they are more intelligent, but probably they enforce more for do all the things, because the world belogs to the right-handed. For them all are a litlle bit more diffcult, and it makes theire brain work more.
2006-08-02 06:34:35 · answer #11 · answered by Inominado 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋