Being 'left-haired' affects brain, say scientists
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Being 'left-haired' affects brain, say scientists
German scientists say whether the hair on your crown grows clockwise or anti-clockwise could affect the way their brains work.
Neuroscientists at Bonn University are studying men's hair and say very few people have crowns that turn anti-clockwise.
They believe being "left-haired" could effect the way the brain functions in much the same way that being left-handed is believed to do.
Scientists say they have already managed to confirm earlier theories that men with anti-clockwise crowns are also more likely to be left-handed.
Now the Bonn team has set out to research whether the way men's hair turns is also connected to the way their brains handle speech.
Normally, the left hemisphere of the brain deals with most language-related tasks but, in left-handed people, research has shown that the right half tends to be dominant in language processing.
The Bonn study has been designed to show whether the same is true for people who are "left-haired".
Tests will be carried out through magnetic resonance imaging, and scientists are appealing to "left-haired" men aged between 20 and 40 to come forward as volunteers.
Story filed: 10:53 Wednesday 7th January 2004
[Those whacky scientists...]
ANANOVA
Being 'left-haired' affects brain, say scientists
German scientists say whether the hair on your crown grows clockwise or anti-clockwise could affect the way their brains work.
Neuroscientists at Bonn University are studying men's hair and say very few people have crowns that turn anti-clockwise.
They believe being "left-haired" could effect the way the brain functions in much the same way that being left-handed is believed to do.
Scientists say they have already managed to confirm earlier theories that men with anti-clockwise crowns are also more likely to be left-handed.
Now the Bonn team has set out to research whether the way men's hair turns is also connected to the way their brains handle speech.
Normally, the left hemisphere of the brain deals with most language-related tasks but, in left-handed people, research has shown that the right half tends to be dominant in language processing.
The Bonn study has been designed to show whether the same is true for people who are "left-haired".
Tests will be carried out through magnetic resonance imaging, and scientists are appealing to "left-haired" men aged between 20 and 40 to come forward as volunteers.
Story filed: 10:53 Wednesday 7th January 2004
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