10 Curiosities you did not know about left-handed children

Left-handed children represent 12% of the world's children's population and, although throughout history they have been persecuted and branded as witches, nowadays left-handedness is considered something totally normal, and rare cases of parents trying to reorient the child to write with the right h

Left-handed children represent 12% of the world's children's population and, although throughout history they have been persecuted and branded as witches, nowadays left-handedness is considered something totally normal, and rare cases of parents trying to reorient the child to write with the right hand.

Researchers do not agree on the reason for the left, some people think that it is due to an imbalance between cooperation and competence in the evolution of the human being, high level of testosterone or genetics. Be that as it may, there are certain curiosities that left-handed children gather.

Advantages and curiosities of left-handedness in childhood El 1. The percentage of left-handed people remains practically unchanged since Prehistory. Los 2. Left-handed children have

advantages in certain sports

such as football or tennis in front of right-handed players. In addition, studies reveal that they tend to be more athletic and have better spatial vision, which is why there are plenty of lefties in elite sports. 3. A study by Peabody College stated that left-handed children tend to be more precocious in mathematics and have an early language development.4. The

zurdera is more common in children

(11%) than in girls (9%) without the causes having been determined. Los 5. Studies reveal that left-handers handle their emotions worse, the areas of the cerebral cortex that process negative emotions such as anger or hostility are more active. Hay 6. There is a great incidence of left-handedness in twin children, in which one of the two is, but it is very rare to find cases in which both are left-handed. 7. Most left-handed children tend to draw dolls, figures or people looking to the right. 8. In most countries the percentage of left-handed people is 10%, except in Japan, where only 2%.

9. The right hemisphere of the brain is the one that commands on the left and works on creativity, ideas or imagination, which is why it tends to say that left-handers are children with

great artistic temperament .

10. Researchers found that connections between the left and right sides of the brain are faster in left-handed people, indicating that they are more mentally agile and think faster.