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

I’m left-handed, which means I’ve spent my entire life fumbling with scissors, wiping ink smudges from my pinky finger, and thumbing through magazines backwards. I’ve always accepted that being ...

Around 10% of the world’s population is made up of left-handed people, a number that is higher than past decades because the stigma around left-handedness has lessened. In the past, many around the ...

Language is more strongly controlled by the left half of the brain, while other functions are more strongly controlled by the ...

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 ...

'Southpaw', 'goofy', or just plain 'lefty' are some of the many names that left-handers have been called. In certain societies, the aversion can go so far that some left-handers are forced to write ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Clyde Francks, a geneticist in the Netherlands, about the latest research into what makes people left or right-handed. If you're left-handed, like me, you know you are ...

Left-handedness is sometimes the expression of a genetic defect or an early developmental disturbance. Left-handedness is sometimes the expression of a genetic defect or an early developmental ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who don't show a hand preference are more likely than their righty or lefty peers to perform poorly in school, a new study in the journal Pediatrics shows. And ...

Palm readers take note: A team of Canadian psychologists suggests that part of understanding sexual orientation may be close at hand. The clue isn’t in the bend of the love line or length of the ring ...