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About 90 percent of the world's population is right-handed, [1] and many common articles are designed for efficient use by right-handed people, and may be inconvenient, painful, or even dangerous for left-handed people to use.
In a 2014 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard economist Joshua Goodman finds that left-handed people earn 10 to 12 percent less over the course of their lives than right-handed people. Goodman attributes this disparity to higher rates of emotional and behavioral problems in left-handed people. [58]
Left-handed people, who account for roughly 10% of the world's population, experience distinct challenges, benefits, and quirks of daily life that most right-handed people usually never even consider.
The holiday celebrates left-handed people's uniqueness and differences, a subset of humanity comprising seven to ten percent of the world's population. [3] The day also spreads awareness on issues faced by left-handers, e.g. the importance of the special needs for left-handed children, and the likelihood for left-handers to develop schizophrenia.
An older study found that left-handed people were better at "divergent thinking", and a more recent research cites lefties have better working memories and mental flexibility. 5. Don't get too ...
Only 10 percent of the population is left-handed. While there may not be many of them, being left-handed sure does come with some surprising perks! 14 things you never knew about left-handed people
Shara Lin is naturally left-handed, but plays the violin and guitar right handed. [42] She can also play the piano with her left hand while playing the zither with her right. [43] Also, naturally left-handed musicians have to play with right-handed-only instruments (violin, viola, cello). Kurt Cobain, frontman of Nirvana, was naturally ...
Only 1 in 10 of us is left-handed, but lefties have an outsize role in the world. And then there's politics. Op-Ed: Is the best of all possible worlds left-handed?