Gene for left-handedness is found!

[lefty007]

Well, for all the "experts" ( ) that keep saying that left-handedness is a learned preference, not a congenital disposition, here you go.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6923577.stm (And don't the miss the interesting articles on the right-upper column.)


This is sort of in reference to this thread:

Why left handed basses?????

Sorry to rehash and old, sour thread, but I feel validated after reading this article.



(Mods, please move this thread to Miscellaneous if necessary; the original thread was in Basses.)


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[Lebowsky]

The Oxford University-led team believe carrying the gene may also slightly raise the risk of developing psychotic mental illness such as schizophrenia.

[lefty007]

Originally Posted by Lebowsky

Get away from me! Arghhhhh!

[lug]

****Australian research published last year found left-handed people can think quicker when carrying out tasks ***


I think my new band will be called Lefty Schizo With A Knife!

[danomite64]

Schizophrenia, eh? That explains why I (we) need so many basses!

[TFunkadelic]

That explains why I always dominated computer games.

[OrionManMatt]

This explains so much of my life.

[LzeroKI]

Left handed here, but play righty (didnt know better when I started), the mental illness part seems correct, Im notoriously paranoid and neurotic.

[theshadow2001]

I always thought it was genetic. My dads left handed. So am I so is my sister. Hardly a coincidence.

[bassplayer666]

can anyone blame us leftys for being schitzy? basses are hard to find as it is, and to cap it all they're more expensive when you do find them. it cant cost more to simply build it the oppisite way round. GOD.

[OrionManMatt]

Originally Posted by LzeroKI

Left handed here, but play righty (didnt know better when I started), the mental illness part seems correct, Im notoriously paranoid and neurotic.

I also play "righty." I didn't know any better. It was comfortable enough. I can't see playing any other way now.

[MAJOR METAL]

Fascinating.

[superbassman2000]

that is an interesting article, but I don't know if I believe that--I use my left hand primarily, but in many cases like golf and bass, I am a righty...unless I am ambidexterous and I don't know it

[Fassa Albrecht]

What about me? I am ambidextrous- I can use both hands to write and play bass as well (although I prefer to play leftie).

[peaveyuser]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

What about me? I am ambidextrous- I can use both hands to write and play bass as well (although I prefer to play leftie).

your also a bit psychotic Fassa

[Asa Samuel]

i was expecting a left-handed gene simmons bass

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by peaveyuser

your also a bit psychotic Fassa

Cheeky effort!! But i forgive you!

Nah, I play bass leftie because when I tried bass for the first time, I was shown how to play on a left-handed bass. Then when I got my own I played in the same way.


But seriously, the article I read in the UK newspapers was that it increased the chances of left-handedness, not causing it. As a former psychology student, I know there is no such thing in bio-psychology as a direct cause and effect. Otherwise it becomes too simple.

Also, what about people who swap hands, such as amputees and also some people who were forced to swap at school because it was seen as abnormal to write left-handed?

[peaveyuser]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

Also, what about people who swap hands, such as amputees and also some people who were forced to swap at school because it was seen as abnormal to write left-handed?

There the most screwed up, like a forced mental patient. You better watch out for dem I tells ya

[Fassa Albrecht]

Originally Posted by peaveyuser

There the most screwed up, like a forced mental patient. You better watch out for dem I tells ya

You're funny. I actually have swapped hands for writing- I am neater left handed.

[peaveyuser]

Originally Posted by Fassa Albrecht

You're funny. I actually have swapped hands for writing- I am neater left handed.

No surprise then