Transcript What are the advantages and disadvantages of being

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES
AND DISADVANTAGES OF BEING
LEFT-HANDED?
By: Brianna Philipsen
Science 7
INFORMATION ON LEFT HANDERS
 10%
of the world’s population is left
handed
 Being left handed is not part of the hand
it is part of the brain
 Left handed people use the right side of
their brain
 Males are 1 ½ times more likely to be left
handed then females
INFORMATION ON LEFT HANDERS
 If
you are RR or Rr you are right handed
 If you are rr you have no preference
 Left handed baseball players are called
South Paws
DISADVANTAGES
 Left
handed people approximately live 9
years less than right handed people
 Stuttering and dyslexia occur more in left
handed people
 Left-handedness causes carpel tunnel
 They are more likely to have allergies
than right handed people
DISADVANTAGES
 Left
handed people are more likely to be
alcoholics than right handed people
 They get more migraines than right
handed people
 More than likely they won’t be able to roll
your tongue
 They have trouble with scissors and
binders
ADVANTAGES
 Left
handed people recover from strokes
faster than right handed people
 They also see underwater better
 Left handed people are proven to be better
at tennis, baseball, and fencing
FUN FACTS ABOUT LEFT HANDED PEOPLE
 Left
Handed people draw pictures facing
the right
 There is a high chance that one twin will
be left handed
 Identical twins might have different hand
preferences
 Babies who are born to older moms are
more likely to be left handed
FUN FACTS ABOUT LEFT HANDED PEOPLE
 Left
handed peoples fingernails grow
faster on their left hand than their right
 Moms who were stressed out when they
were pregnant are more likely to be left
handed
 Researchers believe that the gene for left
handers is LRRTM1
 It is believed that there is more left
handed males than females
ANIMOTO
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