Don’t ask me why, but this afternoon I found myself browsing the New Scientist website for articles relating to being left handed. I guess it’s just natural that a by-product of running a left handed guitar website is developing an interest in the reasoning behind our ‘gift’.
So following on from my article asking if numbers of left handed guitar players are increasing, this one should address the science behind why left handers in general are increasing. To quote the great Ben Affleck in his super-manly shampoo commercial…”here comes the science…”
I read many interesting articles but the point that cropped up the most was that left handed people are becoming more and more common. A study carried out by the University College London (UCL) found that the proportion of left handed people stood at just 3% of the population only 100 years ago, whereas now it has increased to 11%.
