Anyone who follows boxing could be forgiven for thinking that left-handedness is common: Not only is there the widespread use ...

Jimi Hendrix famously played his guitar left-handed, while Ned Flanders opened Springfield’s first and only “Leftorium”, yet for the vast majority of us, it’s the right hand that gets the most action.

Around the world, 10.6 percent of people are left-handed. Handedness is a form of so-called functional brain asymmetry: left-right differences in brain function. In left-handers, the right motor ...

So, although most individuals of these species prefer one of their two front paws, there is no marked preference for one paw ...

Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research ...

One of the most common stereotypes about left-handers in industrialized Western societies like the United States is that they may be more creative and artistic than right-handers. Since this ...

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If you’re a lefty and have ever felt excluded from the right-handed club as you write a letter, throw a ball, or wield a ...

Left-handed kids haven't had it easy. For many centuries, people thought that doing things with your right hand was proper & pure, while doing so with your left hand was practically a sin. It's a ...

We’ve all heard the whispers. Those southpaws among us supposedly have some kind of secret intellectual edge. From Leonardo da Vinci sketching with his left hand to Einstein supposedly jotting down ...

I am a pianist of unimpressive amateur ability and have always found that published music at my level is much more demanding on my right hand than on my left. Being right-handed myself, this is OK. It ...