Do Left-Handed People Die Younger Than Right-Handed People?
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Last updated 17 Jul 2024
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This popular myth has its roots in a series of flawed papers published in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Left-handed people, on average, die younger than right-handed people.
Left-handed people, on average, die younger than right-handed people.
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