From U.S. presidents to elite athletes, lefties have turned what was once a stigma into a surprising advantage.

While the days of forcing left-handed children to use their right hands are mostly over, the bias against lefties continues in most languages around the world.

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 ...

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 ...

About 10 out of 100 people are left-handed. Understanding the reason why has intrigued scientists for many years. However, despite more than 100 years of scientific research on left-handedness, it is ...

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 ...

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 ...

It turns out, there is some relatively new research on that front, thanks to the miracle of MRI technology and a massive repository of brain scans. Late last year, a study led by the Max Planck ...

Throughout most of history up until a few decades ago, left-handedness was looked down on, discouraged and quite literally demonized. However, that doesn’t stop many lefties today from taking pride in ...

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 ...

Is it OK to shake somebody's left hand? How about passing the salt with your southpaw? We've got the tea on the times you ...

About 10% of the population is left-handed, but 40% of those with schizophrenia are, according to a new study. That suggests that handedness may be a window into biological markers that predict ...