Left Handed People

In times past, left-handed people were thought to be the children of the devil, but a scientific study suggests that sinistrals are not as cursed as was once thought. Some studies have indicated that left-handers are more likely to die prematurely than their right-handed counterparts. It was thought that left-handers may be more prone to accidents because their sense of spatial awareness is not acute as right –handers. But new research in the Lancet suggests …

…a right handed world, lefties can know that they are in good company. Beethoven and Einstein had it tough, too. Medical researchers have searched long and hard for what causes people to be left handed or right handed. The researchers have concluded that left-handed people are left handed for the same reason as brown eyed people have brown eyes. It's just one of those things that shows up in one out of every ten people.