The memory power of the right brain is 1 million times that of the left brain. In order to allow readers to better develop their right brain. Below are the characteristics and advantages of left-handers that I will introduce to you. You are welcome to refer to and learn from them.
The trait of being left-handed may stem from the structure of the brain
Unlike other animals, the human brain has the function of directly or indirectly regulating and controlling the physiological activities of various organs and systems in the body. It has become an organ of thinking and language, enabling human beings to transcend the category of ordinary animals and form a society through productive labor. In this sense, the difference between humans and other animals lies in the structure of the brain.
The human brain is divided into left and right cerebral hemispheres by the interhemispheric fissure. The wonderful thing is that the two hemispheres have different division of labor. The left hemisphere controls the activities of the right half of the body and has functions such as language processing, abstract thinking, logical reasoning, numerical operations and analysis; the right hemisphere controls the activities of the left half of the body and is responsible for rhythm, imagination, overall image, spatial concepts, music, etc.
The two hemispheres of the brain are connected through the corpus callosum, the transverse nerve fibers that connect the two hemispheres. The corpus callosum is responsible for the conduction of nerve information between the two hemispheres of the brain. Left-handers tend to have more developed corpus callosum.
The direction of people’s body movements naturally stimulates the development of the brain in the corresponding hemisphere, thus having a significant impact on people’s abilities. Left-handers use their left limbs more, and the right hemisphere of the brain receives relatively more stimulation, which makes left-handers have a tendency to think on the right side of the brain.
So relatively speaking, left-handers may have stronger perception, sense of space and ability to grasp the overall situation. The developed corpus callosum also makes left-handers relatively more agile. All this is fully reflected in many outstanding left-handers.
Left-handers have stronger spatial awareness and image thinking abilities. The ability of the right brain to understand space and images, that is, the ability to think in images, puts the right brain at the forefront of the brain's perception of the world and has stronger perception. As a physicist, Einstein seemed to have a particularly developed left hemisphere. In-depth research revealed that he could not pass the French language when he was in school. Instead, his hobbies included playing the violin, painting, sailing, and imaginary games.
Einstein attributed many of his scientific ideas to his imaginative play-right-brain activity. It is said that one summer, he fell asleep on a hill and dreamed that he rode a beam of light to the distant extremes of the universe. When he found that he returned to the surface of the sun "illogically", he suddenly realized that the universe was originally curved. , and realizes that his previously acquired "logical" knowledge is incomplete.
Einstein transformed this picture into language, and the numbers, formulas and words he wrote became the "theory of relativity".
Left-handed people think more vividly. In 1968, when Picasso took over the task of illustrating the Italian Renaissance prose poem "Celestine", he was already 87 years old. Although his life has gradually come to an end, Picasso's spirit of artistic exploration has not diminished at all. Picasso said: The painter breaks what he sees into pieces and gives it another life. He must see beyond what others see as reality and see his reality. ?Because of this, Picasso, who rarely painted from real objects, said: ?I am not searching, but discovering. ?
Picasso famously said: ?Art is not truth. Art is a lie that teaches us to understand truth. ?He believes that a painter should let his eyes be like a goldfinch that escapes its cage. Only when it leaves the cage can it sing better. ?Perhaps it was the right-brain thinking characteristics of Picasso, who painted with his left hand, that created this magician of modern art in the 20th century.
Left-handers have stronger spatial imagination.
The job of many architects is to design three-dimensional objects and buildings on a two-dimensional plane. In fact, left-handers often perform better in these areas.
A 1982 statistics in Japan and the United States showed that left-handers have a higher rate of becoming artists and architects than right-handers. The most typical example is that the three masters of the Italian Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael - were all left-handed. Shigeru Miyamoto, the master of modern video game production, is also left-handed. The frescoes on the dome of St. Peter's Church in ancient Rome and Mario jumping on the computer screen turned out to be of the same origin.
Some scholars have put forward various explanations for why most US presidents are left-handed. Gonard, a professor of cognition and education at Harvard University, pointed out in his book "The Spirituality of Leadership - An Analysis of Leadership Style" that one of the conditions for being a leader is that you must be able to see the subtleties and think about problems in non-traditional ways. Be different. Left-handers score higher than right-handers on multiple-thinking and reasoning processes that seek multiple solutions. He also analyzed that left-handers are particularly good at conceptualizing and planning election campaigns, so there are many examples in history of military strategists transitioning into politics. Left-handed generals such as Napoleon, Churchill, and Powell abandoned their military service to enter politics and achieved remarkable results.
Another scholar, Columbia University psychology professor Kelan, wrote in the book "Left-Handed Syndrome": Left-handers like to be dominant, competitive and calm. He also pointed out that left-handers are under greater pressure in a world dominated by right-handers, and pressure often becomes a motivation for advancement. This is one of the reasons why there are so many left-handers who excel. Some analyzes show that the influence of left-handed people in high-tech fields and political circles has increased in recent years.
Left-handers are more agile. The left-hander's agility has become a permanent topic in the sports world. Generally speaking, for sports that do not require face-to-face combat, such as swimming, track and field, shooting, etc., the proportion of left-handed athletes is not higher than their proportion in the population. However, for head-to-head combat sports that bring players closer together during competition, such as fencing, table tennis, basketball, etc., the proportion of left-handed athletes is much higher than the proportion of left-handers in the population. In fencing, the most quintessential combat sport, half of the men and a third of the women who reached the quarterfinals of the world championships between 1979 and 1993 were left-handed. Left-handers have been dominant in table tennis for many years, left-handers have been dominant in tennis for a long time, and left-handers are particularly prominent in American NBA professional basketball games.
One explanation is that because the right brain, which specializes in perceiving space and perceptual functions, directs the left hand, the movement method of left-handers makes it easier for left-handers to exert visual and spatial perception functions, and shoot quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. Judging from the speed of nerve transmission, from sight to movement, right-handers take the route of "right hemisphere of the brain - left hemisphere of the brain - right hand", while left-handers follow the route of "right hemisphere of the brain - left hand".
It can be seen that in the process of nerve transmission, left-handers take a shortcut. The brain transmits information through the central nervous system to the left side of the body fifteen thousandths of a second faster than to the right side, making left-handers more agile.
On the other hand, the right brain also controls emotions and imagination. Left-handers are easily excited and excited during games, have strong impulses, and enter the game state quickly. In addition, left-handers account for a relatively small number of athletes, and opponents are unfamiliar and uncomfortable with left-handed athletes, which also gives left-handed athletes an advantage.
In life, because left-handers use their right brain to think more, and the right brain originally controls people’s image thinking and sensory reflexes, left-handed people will be more creative than ordinary people. Things around you will also be more sensitive. A left-handed lover may be more affectionate.
Now we may be able to answer two of the most common questions people ask. Are left-handers more clumsy?
From any perspective, left-handers are definitely clumsier than non-left-handers. Many famous politicians, scientists, and artists are left-handed, which fully demonstrates that left-handers are a creative group.
So, why do people sometimes think that left-handers are a bit stupid? The key is that the tools we commonly use are designed for the right hand, which is quite inconvenient for left-handers and naturally seems clumsy. If you don’t believe it, right-handed people can try using scissors with their left hand to cut off a button on their shirt.
A person may not be short of skin and flesh, but a hole in his clothes is inevitable.
Are left-handers smarter?
This question may not be precise enough. It is said that left-handers have their own characteristics and strengths. If they make good use of their own advantages, they may achieve greater results. The characteristic of left-handers is that they use their left hand more often, which stimulates the development of their right brain. In other words, it is because the right brain is the dominant hemisphere and they are left-handed. Therefore, left-handers have a better sense of space and stronger perception.
Precisely because the right hemisphere is in charge of rhythm, music, color, space and left body activities, relatively speaking, left-handers have a strong sense of rhythm, good spatial balance, and are more sensitive to color. If the success of some well-known left-handed scientists, musicians, painters, and athletes has something to do with their left-handedness, it would be better to say that they are better at and fully utilize their strengths.
However, whether a person is smart or not, especially whether he will be successful, does not depend on whether he is left-handed or right-handed. This is not only related to innate quality, but also depends on acquired efforts. When someone asked Miyamoto whether his creative achievements were related to his being left-handed, he just laughed it off. In fact, isn’t the road to roses of every successful left-hander and every successful right-hander paved with sweat?