Left-handers are more creative

30/09/2015

Joan of Arc, Leonardo Da Vinci, Robert DeNiro, Whoopie Goldberg, Charlie Chaplin, Ringo Starr, Jimi Hendrix and Paul McCartney: These people have one thing in common: all are left-handed, well known and admired for his work.
Dr Alan Searleman, Lawrence University, New York, says that left-handers have a more fluid thinking, allowing them to be more creative and better problem solvers that skilled colleagues. It would also have better vocabulary.

Tremendous statement comes after a study with 1200 participants, including right-handed, left-handed and ambidextrous who were tested vocabulary and problem solving.
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The results were quite clear: those who were "true left-handed", ie, all actions are made with the left hand, average score was 33% higher than the rest of the participants in vocabulary and were twice as efficient when solving problems creatively.

Ambidextrous both right, they got a similar score, so lefties results become much more interesting.

But not only lefties are more creative but apparently also be smarter. During his research, Dr Searleman found that among lefties had a higher percentage of people with an IQ of 140 points or more.