Left-Handedness and Musicality: 5 Scientific Facts

https://www.psychologytoday.com ^ | August 12, 2024 | Sebastian Ocklenburg, Ph.D.

[kawhill]

This is an interesting question, so I did a deep dive into the neuroscience of left-handedness and musicality, and here is what I found.

[6ppc]

I have several left handed friends. I call them mutants...to their face.👽

[wally_bert]

I know of what you speak of only too well.

From what I remember, I was the only left handed person in my school K-12.

The eggheads didn’t like that and they really couldn’t handle that I read way above my grade.

[Fresh Wind]

Look up the origins of the words “sinister” and “dexterous”.

[Buttons12]

Even lame humor has wings!

[Sirius Lee]

I’m left handed.

Sounds sinister.

[Mashood]

Thats why left handed children were “corrected” in parochial school.

[Mean Daddy]

LOL. List of great names and Justin Bieber?!? Spit out my coffee.

[Tammy8]

I read way above grade level too. Interesting.

[mowowie]

When every grade school desk and armrest was made for a righty...
Those erasable pens from the 80’s were useless as well.

[9YearLurker]

But more of a challenge playing righty-oriented instruments: piano, guitar, etc.

[wally_bert]

Remember those torture implements well.

[szweig]

Johnny Winter played normal, right-handed guitar.