Australian researchers found out that -Left-handed people can think more quickly in carrying out various tasks such as playing computer games or playing sport. Connections between the left and right hand hemispheres of the brain are quicker in left-handed people. They are more comfortable in using both the sides of the brain. They are also better at multitasking and performing complicated jobs than right-handers as there is fast transfer of information in the brain. Study leader Dr Nick Cherbuin from the Australian National University calculated transfer time between the two sides of the brain by measuring reaction times to white dots flashed to the left and right of a fixed cross. Tests conducted on 80 right-handed volunteers showed there was a strong correlation between how quickly information was transferred across the left and right hemispheres and how quickly people spotted matching letters. But when the tests were repeated in 20 left-handed volunteers, the researchers found that the more left-handed people were, the better they were at processing information across the two sides of the brain. They were 43 milliseconds faster spotting matching letters across the right and left visual fields than right-handed people. Dr Cherbuin concluded: "These findings confirm our prediction of increasing efficiency of hemispheric interactions with increasing left-handedness

Left-handers are better suited to difficult jobs such as piloting a jet fighter. It may explain the success of so many great sportspeople, including tennis star Martina Navratilova, footballer Diego Maradona and Sir Garfield Sobers - often described as the world's best cricketer.
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