The Only For Left-Handed People Quiz!
As a left-handed person, you know that the world is built for right-handers. From spiral notebooks to door knobs, everything is designed for those who are right-handed. But how much do you really know about being a lefty? Take this quiz to find out!
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Women are more likely to be left-handed then men by about 2%.
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MALES are about 2 percent more likely to be left-handed than females. In other words, they note in the paper, if exactly 10 percent of a population's women were left-handed, then around 12 percent of men would be source: apa.org/monitor/2009/01/handedness
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10-12% of people on earth are “lefties”.
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Twins have a higher chance of being left-handed than the rest of us.
- True
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YES-19 different studies on left-handedness in twins (McManus, 1980) had shown that 15.09 percent of identical twins and 12.08 percent of non-identical twins were left-handers source: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/201909/are-twins-more-likely-be-left-handed
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Women over 40 at the time of a child’s birth are 128% more likely to have a left-handed baby than a mother in her 20s.
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source: Coren, Stanley. The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness. Detroit, MI: Free Press, 1992
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August 13th is known as “International Left Hander’s Day”.
- True
- False
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source: lefthandersday.com
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According to research, left-handers are slightly more prone to allergies and asthma than right-handers.
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- False
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source: Coren, Stanley. The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness. Detroit, MI: Free Press, 1992
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Right-handers are more likely to suffer from insomnia then lefties.
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- False
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Left handed people are actually more likely to suffer from insomnia. source: Coren, Stanley. The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness. Detroit, MI: Free Press, 1992
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Right-handed people are three times MORE likely to become alcoholics than left-handed people.
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- True
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Lefties tend to use the right side of their brains more. The right side of the brain has a lower tolerance for alcohol, making lefties more likely to become alcoholics. source: Coren, Stanley. The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness. Detroit, MI: Free Press, 1992
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Lefties tend to reach puberty 4 to 5 months EARLIER than right handers.
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- True
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Left handed people reach puberty LATER than right handed people. source: Coren, Stanley. The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness. Detroit, MI: Free Press, 1992
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Studies have shown that left-handed people are 39 percent more likely to be homosexual.
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source: research conducted by authors Lalumière ML, Blanchard R, and Zucker KJ at Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, homosexuals have a 39% higher chance of being left-handed
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Research has found that there are more right-handed people with IQ’s over 140 than lefties.
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research found there were more left-handed people with IQs over 140 than right-handed people. He also points out that some of the most brilliant people to ever live — like Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein were lefties source: memorise.org/brain-articles/lefties-smarter
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Scientists have discovered the gene that causes left-handedness.
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researchers found a particular chromosome that showed a correlation with handedness.-they started to study the chromosome in detail and found the gene called LRRTM1 source: anthropologynet.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/lrrtm1-a-possible-gene-for-left-handedness/