An Added advantage for IT Professionals:
Universally common technological implement actually favoring left-handers is the QWERTY keyboard layout. Since this layout contains far more of the common English letters on the left side of the keyboard, the left hand does a solid majority of the typing, giving left-handed typists an advantage.
South Paws - Great Thinkers:
One theory divides left- and right-handed thinkers into two camps: visual simultaneous vs. linear sequential.
According to this theory, right-handed people are thought to process information using a "linear sequential" method in which one thread must complete its processing before the next thread can be started.
Left-handed persons are thought to process information using a "visual simultaneous" method in which several threads can be processed simultaneously.
Rich and Famous:
- Many famous people throughout history were also left-handed: Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Picasso, and Jack the Ripper.
- Seven Presidents of the United States were left handed (approx. 16%). They are: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Gerald Ford; Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton.
