Left handed people?

Question

How come they make things for right handed people but not left handed people? you know like notebooks the spiral is on the left. And its hard to write. Or like the mouse for your computer. Is there really not that many left handed people? I've heard people say that lefties are smarter than righties? Is that true?

Answer 1

They do. Golf clubs, scissors, notebooks... just about everything.



http://www.thelefthand.com/

www.lefthandzone.com

www.lefthandersday.com/tour10.html

www.lefthandedportal.com/

www.anythingleft-handed.com



Computer mice are available or somewhat programmable... Real Mice are left footed.



Left handers use the right (not necessarily correct) side of their brain. They are better at some things, but then all people are better at some things more than other things.

Answer 2

I'm right handed but have known an oddly high amount of lefties over the years. Probably 20-30% of people i've met. And my grandmother is amidexterous (well, before stroke).



They do make most objects for both dexterities, but i dont know about a notebook. The reason the spiral is on the left is because of the way we read: top down, left to right. It would just confuse people if it went the other way. They would always be trying to read it backwards. You could always just start at the back of a notebook though and work forwards.



What may help you in writing is tilting the top of your book to the right. That was one of the first things i was taught in kindergarden: righties turn the top of the book to the left, and lefties turn the top of the book to the right. It is just naturally more comfortable when you write. You arm is then inline with the orientation of the page. But most of the lefties i've know do the righty position and write from above the line instead of from below (the correct way). And then you won't get all the lead or ink on your hand from dragging it across the freshly written surface! It's just something for you to think about though.

Answer 3

Okay, with a spiral notebook, can't you just turn the page and write on the back of the sheet and fold the notebook the other way? These days most spiral notebook paper is perforated anyway so once its torn out it doesn't matter if its the front of or back of the paper. My daughter is left handed and yes she definitely has a high I.Q. but I can't say that its because she is left-handed. I've always heard they are smarter because they use a different part of their brain than right-handers therefore they are using more of their brain than the rest of us.

Answer 4

they do make left-handed mouse for the computer...u only need to change ur mouse settings to invert the buttons properties. as for the notebooks, i know its a pain, im a lefty myself. u might want to try notepads that have the spiral at the top instead. the reason why they only do the notebooks with the spiral at the left, its because the standard way to read and write in north america is from left to right, which is why they don't make notebooks that have the spiral to the right, as we would be opening it backwards and not reading it in order.

Answer 5

We southpaws only make up about 10% of the population, so, yeah, most things are made for righties. However, you can find many things designed specifically for lefties. Go to Google and search "left-handed," you'll find shops that specialize in lefty items including notebooks with spirals on the other side, etc.



The buttons on your computer mouse, btw, can be switched so that the "left-click" button is under your left index finger instead of under your middle finger. Personally, I find it just as easy to leave the buttons as they are. I've also learned to use the mouse with my right hand. In class, this leaves me free to operate the computer with my right hand and take notes with my left hand, something nothing of my right-handed classmates can do.

Answer 6

You are mostly right except for mice. In the control panel under mouse you can change the properties of the mouse to left handed. There definitely not enough stuff for lefties, and if you can find it, it costs a lot more. My dad bought a set of left handed golf clubs for 1 1/2 times the same set in right set. I am ambidextrous and the only things that are basically right handed that I can use left handed is tools.

Answer 7

Actually this is not true at all. There no element of inteligence bettwen righties & lefties. This just a habit of doing work whether it is wrighting or working in computer with mouse. Some people have doubt in ther mind about such people. Ancient Romans have the feeling about lefties that , they are influenced by the devils that's why they are lefty. So, they never look them with a good eye sight. They had a feeling of hatered & somesort of fear in their mind. So, don't do such things and clearing all doubts be equal to both lefties & righties. Hope you will understand.

Answer 8

There is not enough of a market for many left handed items for several reasons. There are fewer left handers but most are able to get by using items designed for righties. Also, stores would need to carry two of each item one for lefties one for righties. It is not worth the cost.



There are some niche companies that make certain objects just for left handed people but they tend to be pricey. Among those I have seen are scissors and computer mouses.





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Answer 9

Yes, i also heared that those ppl were smarter that right-handed ppl. Today ,there r mouses for lefties.



They got used to writing in notebooks where the spiral is on the left. I have a friend who is lefte-handed. She uses such things easly.



Good Luck!!

Answer 10

We think with the left side of our brain and use our right side for motor functions so a left handed person is always in their right mind.I believe most left handed people are very smart.Benjamin Franklin was left handed and so was Einstein . Many lefty's have earned fame and fortune and invented many things we can't live without today.It's an age old question-myself I think Lefty's are smarter -I'm told I'm biased because I'm left handed.Look through history though 75% of our presidents were left handed and many scientists are too.

Answer 11

Actually in this day and age you can get things specifically designed for left handed people and the mouse with software can be easily set up for the left hand. The problem is most of these things are more expensive then right handed stuff because most left handed people don't bother and there are fewer left handed people than right handed.



It is said that left handed people are more creative not smarter than right handed people. Probably because they had to be creative to deal with a right handed world.

Answer 12

They use to make some left handed notebooks, I looked at them, and they looked absolutely ridiculous! I'm not sure if lefties are smarter than the people of the right hand... I'd like to think they're smarter!

Answer 13

I don't know but I did hear that lefties are smarter than righties. I am a lefty but sometime I use my right to do other things but like you I wish they start coming up with stuff for left hand people.

Answer 14

I left handed too, so is my husband and both daughters. My father was right handed and my mother writes with her left hand but uses are right to do just about everything else.



Well there are specialty stores out there that sell things for left handed people.



Computer mouse can be used left or right, all you do is reset the mouse setting under control panel.



Studies have shown that about 15% of the worlds adult population are left handed.

Answer 15

Since left-handed people are a minority, then the law of demand and offers naturally applies about goods of consumption. Since Israel is the country where left-handed people are the most numerous in the world, then Israeli made military small arms more suitable for both (i.e. the Galil Assault rifle, the Uzi sub-machine gun, etc).



But, well, I am just answering your question and I assume you are not necessarily looking for an assault rifle.



Anyways, you'll have more chances to find goods made for left-handed people in Israel than in any other place in the world; still owing to this law of demand and offer.



About intelligence, it is exact that a serious study published some decades ago, already showed that left-handed people had a higher IQ on the average.

Answer 16

4 out of every 5 people are right handed. If there was a larger majority left handed then you would see left handed things everywhere that's just basic economics. There are tons of stores on-line that cater to us lefties. Us lefties just have to learn how to deal in a right handed world. Up until recently school children were forced to use there right hand when they started to favor there left, teachers would tie the left hand to the backs of chairs.

Answer 17

There ARE things for left handed people. There is a left-handed shop near to where I live, and you can order most things online. The spiral on the notebook can't be on the right, it doesn't follow logic; you'd be writing backwards.

Answer 18

If you look at history most of the famous people noted were left-handed. And yes, we are considered to be smarter, but I don't really see that as being a truism. How about a left-handed butter knife. If you go to a fancy restaurant they have butter knives for right-handed people, but if a left-hander wanted to use it they would have to hold the blade and spread whatever with the handle because they are designed to be used at an angle for right-handed people. If you go to Left-Hand World at Pier 39 in San Francisco, you can buy one for about $40. It is expensive because they don't make them but one at a time.

Answer 19

Good tniop! Just kidding. I do sympathize, despite being a righty.



A psychological study was done in England a couple of years ago of left-handed vs. right handed people that seems to indicate real differences -- not just preference.



The test consisted of placing people in front of a television monitor where they watched a tape of people who said various statements -- some true, some false. The people being tested were asked to identify when the people they were watching were telling the truth, and when they were lying.



Amazingly, the test found that left-handed people have significantly more difficulty accurately discerning a lying person from one who tells the truth.



Now I get it. No wonder that girl I loved so much (Susan Pickering...) left me for that jerk! She was left-handed!



By the way, did you know that the great golfer Phil Mickelson, who plays left-handed, does everything else right-handed? He learned to swing a golf club as a child by standing in front of his father and "mirroring" him -- and so, like all things in mirrors, did it "backwards"!

Answer 20

No I am sorry dear to inform you that lefties are NOT smarter than righties......Sorry!!!!

However I do understand your point about like the notebooks and stuff like that.

But it shouldn't be hard to write like that.The notebook will just be to the left of you instead of the right.

I am right here with a note book now acting like I am lefthanded and I don't see how how it would be a problem!

Same with the computer mouse...put it to the left of you!

Answer 21

Speaking as a left handed person, YES left handed people are definitely more smarter then right handed people. Apparently left handed people are far more artistic and creative then right handed people. In actual fact a left-handers brain has information on writing skills in both lobes of it, as opposed to a right hander who only has it in the left side of their brain, making it easier for a left hander to write with both hands.

There are places that you can get left handed equipment, like a left handed can opener, ruler, scissors etc. Here's a useful website: www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk

Answer 22

well im left handed and so is my mother, father, and sister. my whole imedate family, how cool right, and it sucks how theres no left handed supplies, how ever the mouse on the computer can be switched over to lefty, by going into the computer settings and changing it and then the left button becomes right click and the right click becomes the left button but ur right there needs to be better left handed supplies and we r soooo much smarter

Answer 23

they make allsorts of things for lefthanded people you just need to look for it. Go on a search engine and type in shops for left handed people there will be allsorts you can find. but the only reason you dont find left handed peoples things in shops is because most people are right handed but theres no difrence exept you write and use a diffrent hand to do things it dosnt make you smarter. My best friend it a left hander and she is soooo clever. Dont worry about it.

Answer 24

I'm left handed



10% of the U.S. populace are left handed

An average of 2,000 left-handed people around the world die each year trying to use right-handed equipment (construction)



Left-handed people are smarter than right handed people. It's a proven fact. This is also true. The left part of your brain controls your right. And your right part of the brain controls the left. Now, your right part of your brainis used for "smartness." Using your left hand, of course, makes your right part of your brain stronger and smarter. Therefore, you can learn, faster, easier, all of that.



I hate it to. Also, since we gotta write left to right. Whenever you write you get pencil led or pen ink on your hand. That's why I type.



But, I hate it too. It's very hard for me to use a notebook when wanting to write. But, hey if I get to be smarter out of the deal. I'll take it.

Answer 25

There are tons of stuff for left handed people you just have to look! My brother had a left handed desk at school, my Mom bought him left handed scissors and this was at least 40 year ago. Try this site for left handed notebooks:

http://www.thelefthand.com/officesupplies.html

in the UK:

www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk

Answer 26

i'm a lefty. And it's not really hard living in a world where almost everything that we have are made for the convenience of right handed people. I don't know why i became a lefty but it's manageable. but i can't really say that i'm that smart. :))

Answer 27

Only about 10% of the population is left-handed.

Answer 28

there are left-handed products out there, and you can get into the controls for your mouse and make it "left-handed"--I did that at work with the computer I worked on all the time, and it really played mind games with right-handers.

start with http://www.thelefthand.com

http://www.left-handed.com



type in left handed products into a good search engine and you will have many sources of products, ideas, information

Answer 29

im left handed and i get along just fine! there are special shops that sell left handed everything!



www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk



they sell everything from note books to clocks! im not sure that you could say that left handed people are smarter than righthanded people because i dont think that which hand you write with makes much difference to the way your brain works!

Answer 30

you can change your mouse preferences for a left handed person...i never thought about the notebook thing though, ive never seen a left handed notebook!

Answer 31

You are right. Some how my husband has adapted to the right handed items. I look up to him because of it. I think that most of the left handed people I know are smart.

Answer 32

I am left handed and I think you present a good point but I looked at this on Wikipedia... check it out. It answers your question regarding left v right handed items, left handed population, and the question of intelligence!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed

Answer 33

It is kind of weird that those things are mainly meant for the right handed! I'm left handed and but I can also write with my right hand.....

Answer 34

My son is left handed they say if your are left handed you have a bigger brain yes they definetly are smarter he was a top graduate very smart

There you go you clever person

Answer 35

This is a place for you. www.lefthandedchildren.org



They have alot of left handed things you can order, watches even. Join their club and you can print out a left-handed calendar. I did it and it's pretty interesting. Plus they have alot of lefty facts.

Answer 36

It is NOt true that lefties are smarter. people dont bother because 25% in the world are lefties

Answer 37

its the cost of making lefty things thats it.. its like when you go to school and all the seats are rightys and maybe just maybe theres two lefty chairs with rightys sitting in them.

Answer 38

there are left handed items out there, and they make notebooks with the spiral on top, try one of those. one of my sons is a south paw and he adapted just fine with regular stuff.

Answer 39

Im a leftie but do most things like 'right handers' weird isnt it!



I totally can appreciate the note pad predicament tho!!

Answer 40

i'm a left handed and i don't have a problem with anything : )





PS: they say that left handed people are more creative and smart but in reality it all depends upon the person himself!!!



~have a nice day~

Answer 41

Lefties are the best ,we are the only ones in our right minds

Answer 42

ya like when i write i always get lead on my hand. from dragging it across the page with my left hand

Answer 43

left handed people are in the right frame of mind!

Answer 44

i am a left hander and i have no problems as quoted by you..

for the mouse it does have a setting on the pc... for left arm or right arm..

Answer 45

They do have all those things, even left handed notebooks.



Chack it out.



http://www.thelefthand.com/

Answer 46

majority rules



But maybe some day a company will only make 4 the lefters out there

Answer 47

im left handed and wen i write i have to turn the paper completely sideways

Answer 48

Yep.

Sometimes I feel that I should have been born rightie!

Answer 49

i know some ppl that left handed and i thin they are all smart

Answer 50

idk, but it pisses me off. sports gear is notorious for it. especially golf. im left handed. and ys, let handed people are typically smarter than right handed people



"everyone is born right handed, there are only few that rise above it" -mike (me)

Answer 51

because most people are right-handed!

Answer 52

i think u got a point