We all, of course, know in which hand we hold a pen, but how far does this bias extend throughout your body? Are you left-eared? Left eyed? Here is a simple test you can apply to yourself.
- Imagine the centre of your back is itching. Which hand do you scratch it with?
- Interlock your fingers. Which thumb is uppermost?
- Imagine you are applauding. Start clapping your hands. Which hand is uppermost?
- Wink at an imaginary friend straight in front of you. Which eye does the winking?
- Put your hands behind your back, one holding the other. Which hand is doing the holding?
- Someone in front of you is shouting but you cannot hear the words. Cup your ear to hear better. Which ear do you cup?
- Count to three on your fingers, using the forefinger of the other hand. Which forefinger do you use?
- Tilt your head over on to one shoulder. Which shoulder does it touch?
- Fixate a small distant object with your eyes and point directly at it with your forefinger. Now close one eye. Now change eyes. Which eye was open when the fingertip remained in line with the small object? (When the other eye, the non-dominant one, is open and the dominant eye is closed, the finger will appear to move to one side of the object.)
- Fold your arms. Which forearm is uppermost?
If you have always considered yourself to be right or left-handed you will probably now have discovered that your body is less than total in its devotion to its favoured side. If you are right-handed the chances are that you were not able to be 'right' 10 times.
...I les meves respostes han sigut: 5 amb l'E (3, 5, 7, 8, 10) i 5 amb la D (1, 2, 4, 6, 9). No era cap secret que tinc certa dualitat amb algunes coses, el que estar clar és que coses bàsiques com escriure i menjar les faig amb la ma intel·ligent...
I aqui unes quantes curiositats:
- Most left-handers draw figures facing to the right.
- There is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed
- Stuttering and dyslexia occur more often in left-handers (particularly if they are forced to change their writing hand as a child, like King of England George VI).
- Left-handers adjust more readily to seeing underwater.
- Left-handers usually reach puberty 4 to 5 months after right-handers
- 4 of the 5 original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed
- 1 in 4 Apollo astronauts were left-handed - 250% more than the normal level.
I aqui uns quants "famosos" esquerrans:
Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne (Holy Roman emperor), Julius Caesar (Roman general), Queen Victoria of England, Prince Charles of England, Prince William of England, Fidel Castro, Cuban leader, Dr. Mark Silver (surgeon), John F. Kennedy, Jr. (lawyer/publisher), Caroline Kennedy (lawyer/author), Ron Reagan (son of Ronald Reagan), Jay Leno, Matt Groening (cartoonist), Jack-the-Ripper (serial killer), Bart Simpson (cartoon character), Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Phil Collins (Genesis), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Glenn Frey (the Eagles), Jimi Hendrix, Isaac Hayes, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Seal, Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel), Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Robert DeNiro, Greta Garbo, Whoopie Goldberg, Cary Grant, Goldie Hawn, Angelina Jolie, Diane Keaton, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Perry, Robert Redford, Keanu Reeves, Julia Roberts, Christian Slater, Emma Thompson, Bruce Willis, Oprah Winfrey, Johan Cruyff, Diego Armando Maradona, Romario, Valentino Rossi, Larry Bird (basketball), Martina Navratilova (tennis) - ambidexterous, Monica Seles (tennis).
He copiat els més coneguts però si algú vol veure la llista completa: aqui
Sense cap dubte la majoria d'aquests personatges són coneguts per tenir algo especial...
