do people who are right-handed/left-footed or vice versa have better brains than ppl all right or all left?

Question

sorry

by better brain i meant more active

Answer 1

"Left-brained" and "right-brained" are not literal terms, and the handedness-to-hemisphere correlation is very exaggerated. It applies for motor function and somatosensory perception; that's about it.

There are functions normally associated with the left hemisphere of the brain (such as language), but they occasionally develop in the right hemisphere. The opposite applies as well. When we talk about tasks performed by one side of the brain, there are always perfectly healthy people who perform that task on the opposite side.

People who are good with language, logic, numbers, etc are often called left-brained because these are usually left hemisphere activities. That doesn't mean the person can't access his/her right hemisphere; it just means that they frequently choose to access information that is typically stored in the left hemisphere.

Also, "the handedness of a person is by no means a clear indication of location of brain function". (See the link below).

I could go on, but the point is: the strict dichotomy of hemispheres is part myth based on fact, while the correlation to handedness is just myth.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a "better brain," but those who are right brained tend to have more artistic qualities, while those who are left brained are more suited for words and numbers. If you are left handed, you are *usually* right brained, and vice versa.

P.S. It's very rare for someone to be left-footed and right-handed, for example. It's usually one SIDE of the body that's dominant, not various parts of the body individually.

Answer 3

The condition is known as mixed lateral dominance. The condition received a lot of attention in the 1970's as mixed lateral dominance was thought to be a "soft" neurological sign that was present in many children with "minimal brain damage," an outmoded term that has been replaced by "ADD" and ADHD." Many normal persons have mixed lateral dominance. I don't think there is any strong significance to it, either good or bad.

Answer 4

Of course. Not about better brains, it's about brain usage
if you use left and right side you're excersicing it more than a right only person.
but sometimes left side gets exhausted quicker than the right side. am a mathematician, I use both hands, boths feet.
I can play bowling with both hands perfectly, I can write with my right hand and left as equal. etc etc etc.

Answer 5

no they just used that particular hand/foot more as they grew up,but they say it can also be determined not how good the brain is but how it interprets things.
there's something in the brain that makes people interpret things in different way's

Answer 6

people are borned already genetically programed. early days parents used to mandate their children to start writing with the right hand only, disregarding the facts and without acknowledging their children genetical patterns and this decision somehow slowed down their mental development asymptomatically.

Answer 7

no, people think in different ways and there is no such things as better brains, we all have things that we are good at and weaknesses too.

Answer 8

What the hell is left footed?

Answer 9

I don't think I have a dominant foot.

Answer 10

no they just approach problems differently