專家稱左撇子個人能力強 團隊意識差
左撇子們一般喜歡認爲他們優良的智力意味着許多人被他們甩在了後面。但是左撇子可能不一定是正確的。
A professor reckons he has dispelled the myth that ‘lefties’ are more likely to be gifted. In fact, he says left-handers’ brainpower is depleted to the same extent as someone born prematurely.
一個教授認爲他已經將關於左撇子更有可能天賦異稟的神話給推翻了。事實上，他強調左撇子和那些早產的人--他們的智力的減少程度是一樣的。
The finding is unlikely to find favour with the 10 per cent of the population who favour their left hand, including David Cameron, Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie, Paul McCartney and Prince William.
然而這個調查結果不太可能得到佔這個世界上人口百分之十的“聞名世界”左撇子們的好感，這裏的名單包括大衛·卡梅隆，巴拉克·奧巴馬，安吉麗娜·朱莉；保羅麥卡特尼和王子威廉等。
Professor Mike Nicholls, from Adelaide’s Flinders University – who is left-handed – studied 5,000 five-year-olds.
來自阿德萊德的弗林德斯大學的左撇子教授Mike Nicholls調查了5000個5歲的孩子，針對他們使用左右手的情況做了調查。
He examined their performances at school and listened to what teachers said about them and came to the conclusion that ‘left-handers tend to do worse as a group than right-handers’.
他調查了他們在學校的表現，並且聽老師講關於他們的一些信息，然後得出了這麼一個結論：左撇子在團隊裏比那些慣用右手的更容易犯錯。也就是說，左撇子單幹可以，組團不行。
Professor Nicholls said: ‘It’s untrue to say that being left-handed is a result of something going awry at birth, as has been popularly believed.’
然而儘管如此，Nicholls教授說道：“現在大家普遍認同一個說法，認爲成爲一個左撇子是在其出生的時候有什麼地方出錯了，這種觀點其實是不正確的。”
He added that the reduced cognitive ability of ‘lefties’ was small but similar to the ‘negative outcomes’ of being born prematurely.
他還補充道，左撇子們認知能力的減少程度是極其微小的，但是和那些過早出生的人的“消極後果”卻很相似。
'It's a small, but nevertheless significant, (negative) result that we're observing.' According to international left-handed groups, they excel particularly in tennis, baseball, swimming and fencing.
“雖然這些變化很微小，但是仍然是不可忽視的。”但是左撇子也有他們優於常人的地方，對於世界上的“聰明左撇子們”來說，他們在網球、棒球、游泳以及擊劍方面特別擅長。
The groups also insist that lefties are generally more intelligent, better looking, more imaginative and more multi-talented than right
總而言之，這個小組始終認爲認爲左撇子“總體來說”比慣用右手的人更爲聰明，視力更好，更有想象力。而且呢，帥哥和美女的機率更大呢！
