In a world dominated by right-handed people, International Left Handers Day, which is celebrated annually on Aug. 13, affords the roughly 10% of Americans who are left-handed a day of recognition.

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 ...

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 ...

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Social media posts have for years spread a spurious statistic — the claim that 2,500 left-handed people die every year in accidents while using equipment designed for right-handed people. Here is an ...

This research was funded by the Wellcome Trust (ISSF/Birkbeck) and the Waterloo Foundation (REF: 917-3756). Whether you’re left, right or ambidextrous, “handedness” is part of our identity. But a lot ...