12/06/2019
CNN said that approximately 13% of the world's population is left-handed.
Being left in a world where artifacts are designed for skill, has its drawbacks. And although there are now more inventions for left-handed people, they are still a minority.
Things like the numeric keypad located to the right, the scissors, the car holder, the desk of the classroom and others, do not exactly facilitate the life of the left ones.
But not everything is bad, as scientific studies suggest that being sinister could have a positive impact on your life.
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Citing the Insider news portal, these are 5 ways to be left-handed can positively affect your life:
1.Most creative
Left-handed people make easier access to both sides of the brain.
In men, it is associated with thinking that explores possible solutions and generates creative ideas, called "higher divergent thinking," Business Insider.
In addition, left-handed people are more likely to have the most developed brain's right hemisphere, which is associated with creativity, according to Scientific American.
2. Athlete athletes
Lefters often represent elite sports and where players have to react quickly, said Biology Letters.
3.Ventajas in combat
According to the Vix site, left-handed people gain more fights than rights due to the surprise factor.
No one sees a blow from the left.
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4. They can better meet the challenges
People who write with the left hand have better mental flexibility and adaptation to new situations, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, said The New Yorker website.
5. They can entertain and develop a different solution.
Again the creativity of the leftists, according to the American Association of Psychology, the information can happen more frequently between the cerebral hemispheres; which leads to unique ideas and solutions to problems.
Michael Corballis, PhD, a psychologist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, told APA, said the left-wingers "could be willing to entertain thinking and develop a solution that the brain of a skilful man would skip."