Tag: Left Handers Day

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As of today, the 13th of Aug is celebrated as the day to recognize 10% of the overall population as being the left-handed one.

So every one of us has been around the person who uses his left hand just like most of us do with our right, But most often this question do swarms that what makes them do it with their left hand and what is that makes them different from us in the field of creativity, intuition and many more fields like these?

To know more and also to celebrate this day, the article will take you through many facts terms and everything about the start to end on this day about left-handed peoples.

“1976”:

Why we have chosen this day of 13th Aug to celebrate the uniqueness of left-handed is still a mystery to many of us, so to clear the clouds here we go with its first-ever appearance.

Lefthanders International Inc. founder Dean R Campbell first observed the day in 1976 to showcase the sinister and their advantages and disadvantages.

Handedness

Handedness is the use of any side of your hand which a person prefers moreover another side for doing any task.

This is just not about how you can prefer any side it’s mostly related to which side of your brain is more active, fast, and stronger resulting in the opposite side of the hand working faster.

According to the researchers, left-handed people are epigenetic which means their DNA has inherited extra information apart from the standard or basic inheritance from the environment around them or the physical factors around them too.

The fallacy of Smartness:

Many of us think that being left-handed means they will be smarter than any of the right-handed, I mean this is a given, not to pop up your bubble but the researchers think differently.

According to the study on a large number of data and people, they have concluded that they can not make a visible difference every time with different left-handed and right-handed person in this case of smartness, as both of them all around have performed same only when put into the situation or given the task.

NO, Not an anomaly!!

Before these ’20s people used to think of left-handed as an anomaly and they were forced to use their right hand, as at that time this was a rare of rare condition to happen.

And now they are considered as the brainy ones but apart from this the functioning of left-handed is indeed different from the right-handed and being only 10% of the population do add up in their special card.

Creativity and Communication at their Feet!!

We don’t know for sure if they are smart than right-handed ones or not but what we have seen is they are better in communication, more confidant with their memorizing power and also they got the knack for productivity, creativity and also taking things with a different way of the view.

Conclusion

We celebrate this day not just to celebrate the lefties but to also acknowledge the struggle of the lefties in the world for right-handed people as most of the things around us are made by keeping right-handed people in mind.

13th August: Left-Handers Day and 10 Interesting Facts about Lefties

Did you know there’s a day dedicated solely to left-handed people? There is, indeed! International Lefthanders Day is observed on August 13th. The purpose of the day is to emphasize the uniqueness of persons who accomplish daily tasks with their left hand. Many well-known people all across the world are left-handed. Former US President Barack Obama is at the top of the list, followed by renowned CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg, Ratan Tata, and Bill Gates. Lady Gaga, Julia Roberts, and Amitabh Bachchan, all well-known stars in the entertainment business, are left-handed. Left-handed people include Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, and Albert Einstein.

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Left-handed persons have long been considered and treated as misfits. Left-handed persons in the Middle Ages were afraid of being accused of witchcraft. Many schools in the United States compelled left-handed students to “retrain” their natural proclivities in order to become right-handed as recently as the early twentieth century. Left-handedness was once thought to be caused by slight brain injury during early development, according to scientists. Over time, these misconceptions have been dispelled, and some have even claimed that being left-handed is linked to superior IQ. While the claim is intriguing, medical research yields mixed findings.

Every year on August 13, the International Left-Handers’ Day 2021 is commemorated. It’s a way to honour those who were born left-handed, in contrast to the majority of the population. While we mark this day by calling up our lefty friends and family, let us look into some fun facts about lefties. Here’s a list of ten interesting facts about lefties that distinguish them in a variety of ways.

1. Left-handed people make up a significant portion of the population, accounting for almost 10% to 12% of the global population.

2. The right half of the brain is used more by left-handed people. The human brain is cross-wired, with the right half controlling the left side of the body and the left half controlling the right. As a result, persons who are left-handed use their right side of the brain more than people who are right-handed.

3. Some people are terrified of the left side or those who are left-handed. Sinistrophobia is a phobia that can occur as a result of this illness.

4. According to a study conducted at Queen’s University in Belfast, a foetus which prefers to suck its left hand while in the womb will grow up to be left-handed. Left-handedness is determined in part by genetics.

5. After a stroke, left-handed people recover faster. Our language function is controlled by the left side of the human brain, which is heavily employed by right-handed persons. As a result, strokes on the left side of the body tamper with a right-handed person’s language. Left-handed people, on the other hand, rely less on the left side of the brain. As a result, they can regain their language abilities more quickly after a stroke.

6. In several sports, left-handed people have an advantage. When it comes to sports, they are usually good in one-on-one situations. Left-handed players generally have an advantage over right-handed opponents in sports like baseball, boxing, fencing, and tennis since they are accustomed to competing with right-handed players.

7. Being a left-handed person is considered unnatural in many cultures and countries. Left-handedness is considered impolite in eastern nations such as India and the Middle East. Left-handed children were once required to use their right hands in the United Kingdom as well.

8. Left-handed people have an advantage when it comes to typing. They can type nearly 3,000 English words using only their left hand on a QWERTY keyboard. However, only about 300 words can be typed using just the right hand. The most frequently typed letters are found on the left side of the keyboard.

9. Tasks and memory are handled differently by right and left-handed people. Left-handed people are known for multitasking effectively since they consider the tasks as a whole.

10. While this is still debatable, studies have shown that the majority of artists, including painters, musicians, and even architects, are left-handed.