Have you ever noticed how some people write, eat, or throw a ball with their left hand? Left-handed people make up only a small part of the world’s population, which makes them pretty special.

Left-handers are more competitive than right-handers, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The findings may help explain why left-handedness has persisted throughout ...

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

10.6 percent of people are left-handed, and while handedness is first and foremost a motor preference, there are many ideas about other abilities or preferences that handedness may or may not affect.

Approximately 10.6 per cent of people are left-handed, and this minority may just have a psychological edge over right-handers in competition, new research suggests. This edge is now believed to be ...