28/10/2013
About 10% of the population is left-handed . The same people who in the past were forced to write with his right hand , are now rated as more creative.
INTELLECTUAL ADVANTAGE
Among children geniuses lefties there are twice that among normal children , the number of left-handers is much higher in fields such as architecture and mathematics, and in the same area is also a higher proportion of academic lefties.
In a recent study, Professor of Psychology at the University of Cagliari in Italy, Antonio Preti , showed that among artists and musicians lefties prevalence is higher than in other professions. " In general , you may find the left-handed double dedicated to creative activities. The incidence of left-handed cut in half between those who perform tasks that do without creativity, " explained the Italian. This, because they can perform differently in terms of brain functions seem particularly promising in the area of emotions and symbols processing . "Considering that creativity is related to these areas , that could explain that lefties are more creative ," he says Preti .
Source latercera.com