2007-02-21 18:26:38 · 6 answers · asked by kjhenyo18 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
While there is an unresolved debate within the scientific community on how to operationalize both intelligence and creativity, some studies have demonstrated a small positive correlation between left-handedness and creativity/intelligence.
In his book Right-Hand, Left-Hand Chris McManus of University College London, argues that the proportion of left-handers is rising and left-handed people as a group have historically produced an above-average quota of high achievers. He says that left-handers' brains are structured differently in a way that widens their range of abilities, and the genes that determine left-handedness also govern development of the language centers of the brain.
In 2006, researchers at Lafayette College and Johns Hopkins University in a study found that left-handed men are 15% richer than right-handed men for those who attended college, and 26% richer if they graduated. The wage difference is still unexplainable and does not appear to apply to women
2007-02-21 18:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by f_jayce 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the right side of the brain is just larger than the left and your left hand is controlled by the right side of your brain.
:-)
2007-02-22 02:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because right handed people ask questions like this.
2007-02-22 02:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by Scpwnz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...because they are idiots. Handedness has no bearing on intelligence.
2007-02-22 02:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by PrincessJesci 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they use the other side of their brains for thinking
2007-02-22 02:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by al 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um...if that's so...then I must be a genious...
2007-02-22 02:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by theauthor445 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋