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Left-handed, second and last child. Scared of heights.
Interestingly enough, I used to work at an Intellectual Property or "IP" law firm. They basically handled a lot with patent infringement and engineering issues. Although not the majority, There was a disproportinate number of attorneys that were left-handed. Most also had an undrgraduate degree in biology, engineering or physics. This was usually a prerequisite to being an associate there as well.
Not only were almost half of them left-handed, given the fact that left handed people only make up about 9% of the population, but a lot of the attorneys had pilot licenses. One even flew fighter jets in the military.
It seems that left-handed people have above average mechanical skills and so are drawn to fields such as aviation where it is usually necessary to have a mechanical understanding of systems and such.
To continue further, Left and right handed people utilize or have more dominant use of their opposite cerebral hemispheres. Right hemisphere controls the left side and vice versa. This translates into processing information in different ways.
For instance,
When asked to memorize the following words (this works best when done verbally with someone):
Dog
Tree
Apple
Table
Most right handed people will recite this list by rote since right handed people tend to use this process in recalling information. Memorization takes place by recalling information in a rote manner.
Left handed people on the other hand (no pun intended!), when asked how they stored or memorized this information after repeating it will almost invariable state visually. They actually see these words and build a visual picture of an apple tree with a dog tied to it and a wooden picnic table adjacent.
Interestingly enough, I used to work at an Intellectual Property or "IP" law firm. They basically handled a lot with patent infringement and engineering issues. Although not the majority, There was a disproportinate number of attorneys that were left-handed. Most also had an undrgraduate degree in biology, engineering or physics. This was usually a prerequisite to being an associate there as well.
Not only were almost half of them left-handed, given the fact that left handed people only make up about 9% of the population, but a lot of the attorneys had pilot licenses. One even flew fighter jets in the military.
It seems that left-handed people have above average mechanical skills and so are drawn to fields such as aviation where it is usually necessary to have a mechanical understanding of systems and such.
To continue further, Left and right handed people utilize or have more dominant use of their opposite cerebral hemispheres. Right hemisphere controls the left side and vice versa. This translates into processing information in different ways.
For instance,
When asked to memorize the following words (this works best when done verbally with someone):
Dog
Tree
Apple
Table
Most right handed people will recite this list by rote since right handed people tend to use this process in recalling information. Memorization takes place by recalling information in a rote manner.
Left handed people on the other hand (no pun intended!), when asked how they stored or memorized this information after repeating it will almost invariable state visually. They actually see these words and build a visual picture of an apple tree with a dog tied to it and a wooden picnic table adjacent.
