Left-handed? Today is your day — International Left-Handers’ Day, that is — a day to celebrate the 10% who always feel they’re being elbowed out by the other 90%. While the body is remarkably ...

Left-handers face many a challenge in everyday life in a world designed for right-handed people. But the tendency to have a dominant side does not only apply to people, and scientists have shown that ...

Is left-handedness linked to a higher probability of choosing certain jobs? A new study investigated this question with regard to architects.

Does left-handedness affect abilities like creativity or intelligence? Most people are right-handed, but about 10.6 percent are left-handed (Papadatou-Pastou and co-workers, 2020). While some older ...

It's been debated for decades, but now researchers at the University of York and University College London have suggested that left-handedness is not linked to better spatial skills. By asking ...

Just in time for International Left-Handers Day 2022, we look at recent research about how brain symmetry differs between righties and lefties. Left-handed vs. right-handed face-off: Dog edition This ...

Left-handedness and certain neurological disorders could go hand-in-hand, a new study revealed, though the researchers and others acknowledged potential limitations. While about 10% of people in the ...

While left-handed individuals represent only about 10% of the global population, their distinct patterns and adaptability offer intriguing insights into different ways of navigating life’s challenges.

MINNEAPOLIS — What do Lebron James, David Bowie and Bill Gates all have in common? They're left-handed. While they're a minority of the population, they're not alone. So why are we right- or ...

I recently stumbled upon a description of research out of Yale that suggested there was a link between left-handedness and psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. Forty percent of those with psychotic ...

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without an exchange of gifts among my two grandmothers, mother, and aunt, featuring the trait they shared: all four were left-handed. Waiting for them under the tree in ...