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by Jenn on Monday, November 5, 2007

So in my early morning psychology class I learned that as a left-handed person I will die about 9 years younger than everyone I know. Ain’t that a wonderful way to start a new week? :)

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AC November 5, 2007 at 1:12 pm: Or to put a positive spin on it, maybe those right-handers will have never really lived!
mace November 5, 2007 at 1:25 pm: It could be worse. You could be one of those stupid right-handers. Lefties Rule!!!1!
Peter Trussell November 5, 2007 at 6:07 pm: Not so fast Jenn.

http://tafkac.org/death/lefties_die_younger.html

I dont know if the teacher cited study that is discussed in the urban legend page but some dispute the amount of gap or even the existance of any gap.

For some cool stuff on skepticism and neurology checkout
http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php
I didnt see any left handed studies but you could write in your question. He talks about many medical claims on his SGU podcast. (Plus he looks and sounds like an older sibling of Ray Romano)
drchaotica November 6, 2007 at 6:57 am: To quote Admiral Ackbar: “It’s a trap!”

They probably just want to see if that one comment will increase the rate of depression in the left handed students.
OnePiece November 6, 2007 at 9:31 am: What about ambidextrous folks?
Jenn November 6, 2007 at 11:43 am: Someone actually beat me to asking that, OnePiece. Apparently since there are so few of us and most can only switch in specific situations (writing, golf, hockey, or baseball) there hasn’t been any real work done for him to reference. I am going to send him a message asking for his references though since I’m curious.