What are the benefits of being ambidextrous?

5. The ambidextrous are more likely to possess the LRRTM1 gene (on chromosome 2), which is linked to schizophrenia. Studies reveal that people with schizophrenia are significantly more likely to be ambidextrous or left-handed than people who are not schizophrenic. 6. read more

However, going further back using the "Draw-a-Man Test," found that ancient paleolithic man, from 1,750,000 to 8,000 years B.C., was probably either more ambidextrous or that there was a greater proportion of left-handers than there are now. read more

Some thinkers argue that ambidextrousness could benefit society as a whole, and result in "two-brainedness". But as cognitive neuroscientist Michael Corballis recently noted in SciAm, this is simply not the case: This hype died down in the mid-20th century as benefits of being ambidextrous failed to materialize. read more