Neurosense

I'm one to pick up on patterns in life and in nature, through personal observations. With that being said, I couldn't help but notice that the really bright pupils tend to be left-handed. I've never been surrounded by so many left handers in all my life. Many are computer gurus and one is even a retired Ivy Leaguer.

Probably nothing, but funny how my Grandfather who went to Law School, and a cousin who recently recived his Ph.D in Political Science are left handed, and my father and uncle, though clever, never earned degrees and are right handed...

rockermcr

There is lots of published research on this topic.

Google.

snoopyiscool

Let me google that for you

It's an interesting idea, but I doubt its relevance.

Neurosense

Many publishings provide false information, particularly the media, or media affiliated science websites, etcetera.


Allow me to rephrase the question:

Who else has noticed this pattern through personal observation?

AeroEngineer3141

My dad's left-handed, and I hold his intelligence and creativity in very high esteem.

He had top grades in school, if that counts as evidence.

ThisCouldBeHeavn

I've noticed that most people are right handed, as are most intelligent people.

Neurosense

There's nothing wrong with being right handed, it doesn't put you at an economic disadvantage or anything, and statistically you live longer.

I just sense that there are other relatively significant differences in the wiring of a lefty and righty other than which hand they write with.

AeroEngineer3141

Well, sometimes left-handed people use the right side of their brain to process language and vocalization (as opposed to the more prevalent left-sided usage for right handers and most other left-handed people).

Neurosense

Interesting, so is this an advatage they have? If so, that may explain their inclination toward semantics, similar to the borderline autistic's ease with complex mathematics. I wonder if I'm one of them.. I'll have to see a neurologist.

todpose

I was born as a lefty, but my parents didn't like it and forced me to use my right hand since I was very young. So now I use my right hand to write and I can't use my left hand for that. My parents think that they were successful in converting me to be a right-hander. I also used to think of myself as being a right-hander. But what's really weird is that whenever I learn a new task, I naturally find it comfortable to do it as though I was a left-hander. So it seems like even though my handedness for a specific task like writing is fixed as being right-handed, my brain remains as being left-handed. I think this suggests that the brain's left or right-handedness can't be changed once it's decided during embryogenesis or by genetics.
What I'm curious about is whether there is a difference between a lefty who wasn't forced to change handedness for some activities like writing and a lefty like me who was forced to use the right hand for some activities.

tayottt

A lot of articles have been written on the fact the left handed people are more inclined to use the right side of their brain which is supposedly the "smart side." I personally think that lefties are smarter because I am a lefty and I generally do better than righties in most areas of academia without trying. Then again.... could be dumb luck.....meh... for some reason this thread makes me wanna take an IQ test.

silverturtle

I'm left-handed and smart.

clockwork

Left-handed people die sooner.

calabacin90

I'm left handed, and I was one of the few (if not the only) lefty in my AP classes.
This was in every single of the 9 classes overall that I took.

I kind of figured maybe I forced myself to think in a left-brained way in order to succeed in those classes, because I certainly don't feel as "smart" as I used to. In fact, I feel down right dull. Like I quashed my intellect and unorthodox thinking methods for the sake of grades. It's depressing.

hellojan

Barack Obama, Ned Flanders, etc.