Is it true that lefties are smarter?

There are a lot of rumours flying around about left-handed people. read more

So, I think that most lefties are more creative, and I know it doesn’t apply to all the lefties. The fact that some of them are very creative could be because the right hemisphere of the brain controls the left side of the body. read more

The more dominant the left handedness is, the better these abilities are. Some left-handed individuals have better memories. While it isn’t true for all who are left handed, data from recent studies suggests that those who come from families of lefties tend to have better memories, though only of the episodic kind. read more

Coren was able to effectively rule out the possibility that lefties are simply smarter overall by administering a test of convergent thinking, which involves applying existing knowledge and rules to come up with a correct answer. read more

I don’ t know about smarter. I’m not a scientist so i don’t think i’m actually qualified to answer this. What I have noticed as a student, is that whenever we’re talking about a genius or a famous artist in history class, they often are left handed. read more

On the other hand, southpaws dominate in tasks involving the mental manipulation of objects, which might explain the high proportion of left-handed chess players. More general claims, especially concerning "right-brained" versus "left-brained" people, are more pseudo- than science. The only clear advantage lefties enjoy is on a baseball diamond. read more