efties take note. A new Wall Street Journal report referencing several scientific studies connects left-hand dominance with neural disorders like ADHD and schizophrenia. But don't be too concerned just yet. Here, a few of the more "interesting" findings:
A
efties take note. A new Wall Street Journal report referencing several scientific studies connects left-hand dominance with neural disorders like ADHD and schizophrenia. But don't be too concerned just yet. Here, a few of the more "interesting" findings:
A link with schizophrenia?
Left-handedness "appears" to carry with it a greater risk for "a number of psychiatric and developmental disorders," says Shirley S. Wang at the Wall Street Journal. While lefties constitute just 10 percent of the overall population, a disproportionate 20 percent of people with schizophrenia are left-hand dominant, though the exact reasons remain unclear.
And what about ADHD?
A 2008 Swedish study found that "left- or mixed- handedness in children"