Facts about left-handed people
1. Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.
2. There is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed
3. Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater.
4. Left-handers excel particularly in tennis, baseball, swimming, and fencing.
5. 4of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed.
6. 1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed - 250% more than the normal level.
7. During the past 40 years 5 out of 7 US presidential elections were won by left-handed people: Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
2. There is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed
3. Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater.
4. Left-handers excel particularly in tennis, baseball, swimming, and fencing.
5. 4of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed.
6. 1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed - 250% more than the normal level.
7. During the past 40 years 5 out of 7 US presidential elections were won by left-handed people: Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
how left are you?
- Imagine the center of your back is itching. Which hand do you scratch it with?
- Interlock your fingers. Which thumb is uppermost?
- Imagine you are applauding. Start clapping your hands. Which hand is uppermost?
- Wink at an imaginary friend straight in front of you. Which eye does the winking?
- Put your hands behind your back, one holding the other. Which hand is doing the holding?
- Someone in front of you is shouting but you cannot hear the words. Cup your ear to hear better. Which ear do you cup?
- Count to three on your fingers, using the forefinger of the other hand. Which forefinger do you use?
- Tilt your head over on to one shoulder. Which shoulder does it touch?
- Fixate a small distant object with your eyes and point directly at it with your forefinger. Now close one eye. Now change eyes. Which eye was open when the fingertip remained in line with the small object? (When the other eye, the non-dominant one, is open and the dominant eye is closed, the finger will appear to move to one side of the object.)
- Fold your arms. Which forearm is uppermost?