Left-handed people are backwards in coming forward, new research shows.
A study in the UK about personal restraint versus impulsiveness qualities which seem to emanate from opposite hemispheres of our brains – found people who are left-handed were more likely to be anxious or shy about doing or saying what they want.
The Scottish behavioral test on 46 left-handed people and 66 left-handed people and 66 right-handers found left-handers tended to agree more with statements such as “I worry about making mistakes.”
They also agreed that “criticism or scolding hurts quite a bit”.
The left-handers scored higher in tests indicating levels of inhibition, especially in new or unusual situations.
Women also held back more than men, but all groups responded similarly to statement such as: I often act on the spur of the moment” and “I crave excitement and new sensations”.
The Dr who led the study at Dundee’s Aberttay University, said she believed the results were due to writing differences in the brains of left and right-handers and her findings did not vouch for the personality traits of lefties versus righties.
The research suggested they simply process information and emotions differently.
“Left-handers are more likely to hesitate whereas right-handers tend to jump in a bit more.
“In left-handers the right half of the brain is dominant, and it is the side that seems to control negative aspects of emotions. In right-handers the left brain dominates.”
Being right-handers is more common, with only 7 to 20 per cent of adults left-handed.
I agree that left-handers are less impulsive based on my own experienced with myself. I tend to agree. I’m shy and sometimes decide what is not right. I hate arguments.