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Left handed people are more affected by fear
Telegraph ^ | 05/02/11 | Richard Gray,

Posted on 05/02/2011 6:42:05 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Left handed people are more affected by fear

Left handed people are affected by fear far more than those who are right handed, new research has revealed.

By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent

7:15AM BST 01 May 2011

Psychologists found that people who watched an eight minute clip from a scary movie suffered more symptoms associated with post traumatic stress if they were left handed than if they were right handed.

When asked to recall events from the film clip, taken from near the tense climax of thriller Silence of the Lambs, left handed volunteers gave more fragmented accounts filled with more repetition than their right handed counterparts.

This effect is common in people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The scientists now believe their results could provide new insights into how people develop post traumatic stress and the way the brain deals with fear.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: Average Al
"Obama is left handed..."

I'm left-handed and afraid of all his half-baked policies.

21 posted on 05/02/2011 10:20:18 AM PDT by greatplains
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