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I think the issue is the study treated it as a binary thing...
Handedness isn't binary, very few things are when talking about human anatomy.
Like, 4 wheel drive is an equal 50/50 split. Then obviously full front/rear drive.
But "all wheel drive" can be anything from 80/20 to 60/40, or theoretically any random ratio.
So while people who prefer their left hand. There's a difference between a sleight preference and someone who's right hand is so useless it's easier to hold a guitar upside down.
Those people at the extreme end may be more creative when isolated out as a subgroup
Or maybe they just stand out holding the guitar upside down, making people see a pattern that isn't really there. For instance, while Jimi Hendrix played the guitar upside down, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck did not.
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