A recent study suggests that left-handed people have an advantage in competitive contexts, while righties tend to cooperate ...

Both left-handedness and breast cancer are affected by sex hormones, and some studies suggested a link. Others, however, did ...

Handedness and lateral preference studies investigate the biological, genetic, and environmental foundations that contribute to the asymmetrical organisation of the human brain. By examining ...

Our nervous systems have left-right differences that are important for correct functioning. Handedness is probably the best known asymmetry arising from the development of the nervous system. This is ...

Most people consistently use the same hand to do tasks that require skill and control such as writing or threading a needle. We know genetics plays a big part in which hand a person prefers, but it ...

Left-handers are better at some types of sports than right-handers. But are they also more competitive? A new study says yes.

Atypical lateralization, as indicated by mixed-handedness, has been related to diverse psychopathologies. Maternal prenatal stress has recently been associated with mixed-handedness in the offspring.

Being left- or right-handed – and the paw, eye, fin and wing equivalents – is a product of genes, development and the environment.

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 ...