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Yes because when you write you push your arm into your body and the side of the notebook in the way of your arm.
That only works in alphabets that go from left to right, if it is say arabic which goes from right to left surely lefties would find it easier .... I asked my saudi friend and he said it doesn't both him one bit.
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Right for everything except leading in to a gate vault.
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That does sound pretty backward Mr Smyth, for the late 70s. Was it borstal?
No. Willsbourough infants school Ashford kent.
Ah. I was trying to be funny. Sorry.
Oh dang ... Simultaneously write and use a mouse? ... wish I could do that!
Yeah!
yeah really handy.
not so handy though...
mouse and a wacom.Ha, cue wierd flickery pointer that jumps around.
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I don't know. Which hand is the best?
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That only works in alphabets that go from left to right, if it is say arabic which goes from right to left surely lefties would find it easier .... I asked my saudi friend and he said it doesn't both him one bit.
Are you left handed? Most left-handed people write with a hooked hand, does it look comfortable and easy to you?
This is how I was taught to write.
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How do you write?
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I accept writing left to right language indeed more difficult for left handed people.
What I am saying VeeVee is my arab friend writes right to left when writing in arabic... so if he was left handed by your logic, he would find it easier... however he is right handed and he says it doesn't make a difference.... maybe it is the the way they write the letters, I don't know. Maybe it is the way western characters are written that makes the difference.
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@Lucas, I would imagine that because of the majority of people who write arabic are right-handed they are all taught the correct technique. Much more difficult for left handed kids who are taught the same thing as right handed, have the wrong tools, sit next to right handed kids, etc...
This illustrates well our difficulties. I am so getting a left handed pen!
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Gene for left-handedness is found
Left-handers' brains are set up differently
Scientists have discovered the first gene which appears to increase the odds of being left-handed.
The Oxford University-led team believe carrying the gene may also slightly raise the risk of developing psychotic mental illness such as schizophrenia.The gene, LRRTM1, appears to play a key role in controlling which parts of the brain take control of specific functions, such as speech and emotion.
The study appears in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
The brain is set up in an asymmetrical way.
In right-handed people the left side of the brain usually controls speech and language, and the right side controls emotions.
However, in left-handed people the opposite is often true, and the researchers believe the LRRTM1 gene is responsible for this flip.
They also believe people with the LRRTM1 gene may have a raised risk of schizophrenia, a condition often linked to unusual balances of brain function.
Further research
Lead researcher Dr Clyde Francks, from Oxford University's Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, said the next step would be to probe the impact on the development of the brain further.
No-one really understands what causes schizophrenia yet
Jane Harris
Rethink
He said: "We hope this study's findings will help us understand the development of asymmetry in the brain."Asymmetry is a fundamental feature of the human brain that is disrupted in many psychiatric conditions."
However, Dr Francks said left-handed people should not be worried by the links between handedness and schizophrenia.
He said: "There are many factors which make individuals more likely to develop schizophrenia and the vast majority of left-handers will never develop a problem.
"We don't yet know the precise role of this gene."
About 10% of people are left-handed.
Differences
There is evidence to suggest there are some significant differences between left and right-handed people.
Australian research published last year found left-handed people can think quicker when carrying out tasks such as playing computer games or playing sport.
And French researchers concluded that being left-handed could be an advantage in hand-to-hand combat.
However, being left-handed has also been linked to a greater risk of some diseases, and to having an accident.
Dr Fred Kavalier, a consultant geneticist at London's Guy's Hospital, said: "I don't think left-handed people should be alarmed.
"Undoubtedly there are many, many other factors that contribute to schizophrenia. This may be a tiny little element in the big jigsaw."
'Devastating condition'
Marjorie Wallace, of the mental health charity SANE, said scientists working in its research centre in Oxford were also looking at the link between brain asymmetry and schizophrenia.
She said: "We desperately need research into the origins of psychosis to better understand why some people are more vulnerable than others.
"Then the treatment could be more targeted and carry the potential to prevent this devastating condition which affects one in 100 people worldwide."
Jane Harris, of the mental health charity Rethink, said: "No-one really understands what causes schizophrenia yet.
"It is probably a combination of factors, including genetics, problems in childbirth, viral infections, drug use, poverty and urbanisation."
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@Lucas, I would imagine that because of the majority of people who write arabic are right-handed they are all taught the correct technique. Much more difficult for left handed kids who are taught the same thing as right handed, have the wrong tools, sit next to right handed kids, etc...[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i4CRw3DG-s"][/URL
]Yeah maybe it is better teaching and tools.
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My father at the time was 6ft 6, 215lbs and could easily hold an entire side of beef in one outstretched arm, is bald with a big red beard
Your dad is BRM? I had no idea... I also won a calligraphy prize at school, my penmanship went out the window when I hit puberty tho'... It went from beautiful to an undecipherable scrawl... Strange...
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I'm left handed . I have also seen the statistics for decreased life expectancy i have also seen that there is a greater propensity for mental illness in left handed people