glorybebe Posted July 31, 2007 #1 Share Posted July 31, 2007 The gene that likely makes people left-handed may slightly raise the risk of developing psychotic mental illnesses, according to an international study. Led by the Wellcome Trust for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, the study involves a team of 40 scientists from 20 research centres across the world, and was published online Tuesday in the scientific journal Molecular Psychiatry. "This is the first potential genetic influence on human handedness to be identified, and the first putative genetic effect on variability in human brain asymmetry," said an abstract on the study. The scientists said that little is known about the gene LRRTM1, but they suspect that it modifies symmetry in the human brain. Asymmetry is important, since the left side of the brain usually controls speech and language and the right side controls emotion. With left-handers this pattern is often reversed. lefty hhhmmm...that explains it. My ex is a lefty. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roj47 Posted July 31, 2007 #2 Share Posted July 31, 2007 The gene that likely makes people left-handed may slightly raise the risk of developing psychotic mental illnesses, according to an international study. I disagree..... Where's my axe??? die die die *sucks thumb and bounces of padded wall* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted July 31, 2007 Author #3 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I disagree..... Where's my axe??? die die die *sucks thumb and bounces of padded wall* Gee...Are you a lefty? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASOP Posted July 31, 2007 #4 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I am not mentally ill. Yes you are. Who said that? No really this stuff is really dumb dont they have better things to do then spend millons of dollors on this kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roj47 Posted July 31, 2007 #5 Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) Gee...Are you a lefty? LOL No I am not a lefty.... I am a lefty.... Tsk.... Why is it so hard to follow? *dribble* Edited July 31, 2007 by Roj47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted July 31, 2007 Author #6 Share Posted July 31, 2007 No I am not a lefty.... I am a lefty.... Tsk.... Why is it so hard to follow? *dribble* LOL, you guys are funny. I am ambidextrous, so what does that say about me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roj47 Posted July 31, 2007 #7 Share Posted July 31, 2007 eeeewwwwww-aaaaawwww eeeeeeeewwwwwwww-aaaaawwwwwwww I'm a fire engine (not a donkey)... I am left handed right? Not right, right? Definately left, right. I am ambidexterous too...... I can't use either hand..... *wibble* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmpressStarXVII Posted July 31, 2007 #8 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I always knew there was something different about the lefties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWeather Posted July 31, 2007 #9 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Using your left hand is a gene now? I was a left handed kid, then my dad taught me to use my right hand instead. ...No wonder my writing is like a chicken with ink on it's claws ran across my page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted July 31, 2007 #10 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Besides that, left handedness is also linked to geniality. I'm right handed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASOP Posted July 31, 2007 #11 Share Posted July 31, 2007 glorybebe I guess you are doomed Just hidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted July 31, 2007 Author #12 Share Posted July 31, 2007 glorybebe I guess you are doomed Just hidding. LOL, it's very possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASOP Posted July 31, 2007 #13 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Oops that should say kidding. I'm a dork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted July 31, 2007 Author #14 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Oops that should say kidding. I'm a dork. LOL, I knew what you meant, it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted July 31, 2007 #15 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I write left handed, play guitar right handed, when playing cricket i bat right handed, bowl left handed. I"ve never really decided which hands the knife n fork are comfortable in. HELLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! I suffer from Manic Depression. As i understand it (which doesnt mean much), the left side of the brain controls the right body & deals with the day to day basics of life. The right side of the brain is controls the left body & deals with trippy stuff, daydreams, song writing & generally creative/destructive stuff. Lefties use more of the right brain & less of the left brain. Well,thats about all i know. NO, you know nothing. Yes i do. No you dont..............................oh, here we go again..............another night of arguing with ME & losing the argument ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Flower Posted July 31, 2007 #16 Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) The gene that likely makes people left-handed may slightly raise the risk of developing psychotic mental illnesses, according to an international study. Led by the Wellcome Trust for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, the study involves a team of 40 scientists from 20 research centres across the world, and was published online Tuesday in the scientific journal Molecular Psychiatry. "This is the first potential genetic influence on human handedness to be identified, and the first putative genetic effect on variability in human brain asymmetry," said an abstract on the study. The scientists said that little is known about the gene LRRTM1, but they suspect that it modifies symmetry in the human brain. Asymmetry is important, since the left side of the brain usually controls speech and language and the right side controls emotion. With left-handers this pattern is often reversed. lefty hhhmmm...that explains it. My ex is a lefty. LOL What a ridiculous research to do! I wonder if they ever considered that a left-handed person's brain is just reverse so instead of the left side of the brain usually controlling speech and language and the right side controlling emotion, it is just the other way around not through any potential mental illness but because the brain is just different - rather like different colour skin. LOL, you guys are funny. I am ambidextrous, so what does that say about me? You are a gonna Just kidding x Edited July 31, 2007 by Lotus Flower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted July 31, 2007 Author #17 Share Posted July 31, 2007 What a ridiculous research to do! I wonder if they ever considered that a left-handed person's brain is just reverse so instead of the left side of the brain usually controlling speech and language and the right side controlling emotion, it is just the other way around not through any potential mental illness but because the brain is just different - rather like different colour skin. You are a gonna Just kidding x Actually, about ten years ago there was a study that found 75% of men who were left handed were gay. Whether it was true or not, who cares, but boy did I bug my boss and two co-workers, they were all lefties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techlicious Posted August 3, 2007 #18 Share Posted August 3, 2007 im gglad im right handed or id still be in the psycheward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyrusRose Posted August 3, 2007 #19 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Oh jeeze.. so my father in law really could be a psychotic serial killer! Alright, new plan! Cut off his left hand, force him to go right, right!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radian Posted August 3, 2007 #20 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Well, I'm lefty-- when I'm diagnosed you guys be first to know... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted August 4, 2007 Author #21 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Well, I'm lefty-- when I'm diagnosed you guys be first to know... :/ LOL. It's funny (weird) that they 'discovered' this when they used to say that left handedness was a sign of the Devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush_rules Posted August 6, 2007 #22 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Mental illness, satanic worship and homosexuality here i come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted August 6, 2007 Author #23 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Mental illness, satanic worship and homosexuality here i come! LMAO! They have to have an excuse for everything, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Flower Posted August 7, 2007 #24 Share Posted August 7, 2007 What about is a person is left-legged? On a more serious note, I remember when I was about five years old, in school eating their horrible dinners and eating left-handed (even though I am right-handed), the teacher would take the knife and fork out of my hands and reverse them. That used to annoy me, it is a wonder I did not end up w-w-w-w-w-w-with a s-s-s-s-s-s-stutter!! :angry2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtp Posted August 7, 2007 #25 Share Posted August 7, 2007 What about is a person is left-legged? On a more serious note, I remember when I was about five years old, in school eating their horrible dinners and eating left-handed (even though I am right-handed), the teacher would take the knife and fork out of my hands and reverse them. That used to annoy me, it is a wonder I did not end up w-w-w-w-w-w-with a s-s-s-s-s-s-stutter!! :angry2: I think that was so mean! They did that to my aunt in school as well and she wasn,t allowed to write with her left hand,so she had to force herself to write with her right hand and developed the most unreadable writing ever! Her writing looks worse than a doctors, and no one can read one word they write except the pharmacist and even they get it wrong a lot! Thats why they say you should always double check your prescriptions, apparently they want to stop hand written prescriptions all togeather because of all the mistakes made by pharmacists who have given the wrong meds and/or dosages and many people have died or become horribly ill because of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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