What's Left?
LINKS: Music courtesy of Jake Chudnow: http://www.soundcloud.com/JakeChudnow Brain Lateralization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization_of_brain_function Brain scans showing...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here.And today, we're going to talk about this. Just kidding.We're going to talk about this. Left.What's left? First of all, 90% of humans, regardless ofculture or language are right-handed. And we choose a dominant hand before we'veeven left our mothers. That's right.When a baby inside its mother's womb is seen sucking its thumb, it is sucking the rightthumb 90% of the time. Animals do it too.In fact, horses take longer strides with their right legs, which is the entire reason racetracksare run counterclockwise. Left-handedness is so rare that across mostcultures there has been a historical stigma against being left-handed.In fact, the word for somehow who's good at using both hands is ambidextrous and...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here.And today, we're going to talk about this. Just kidding.We're going to talk about this. Left.What's left? First of all, 90% of humans, regardless ofculture or language are right-handed. And we choose a dominant hand before we'veeven left our mothers. That's right.When a baby inside its mother's womb is seen sucking its thumb, it is sucking the rightthumb 90% of the time. Animals do it too.In fact, horses take longer strides with their right legs, which is the entire reason racetracksare run counterclockwise. Left-handedness is so rare that across mostcultures there has been a historical stigma against being left-handed.In fact, the word for somehow who's good at using both hands is ambidextrous and...
