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 ...

In 2025, several psychology studies aimed at understanding left-handedness were published. Here are the major takeaways from them.

Left-handed individuals, comprising approximately 10% of the global population, navigate the world with distinct cognitive patterns that shape their approach to daily life. While handedness might ...

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-handedness is often seen as being "wrong" – and also as a sign of "genius". Shih-Ching Tsou's drama, Left-Handed Girl, draws on the prejudice she faced as a leftie in Taiwan. In the acclaimed new ...

I am a left-hander. Like most people in this category, my parents initially saw me as different and encouraged me to become right-handed. However, they soon accepted that this was simply who I was.

About 10.6 percent of people are left-handed. It is still not well understood why some people prefer to write, draw, and perform other activities with their left hand, while most people prefer to use ...

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 ...