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 ...

The notion that lefties are smarter than righties has been floating around for some time. While some studies have suggested there may be a link between left-handedness and a higher IQ, others have ...

Some research suggests left-handed people have an increased risk of certain health conditions, but many of these studies are small or low quality. However, there may be some genetic links, ...

Brain scans indicate that left-handed people think differently from right-handed people. They tend to activate the right half of their brain more for certain tasks and functions. Experts suggest that ...

With just 10% of the population being left-handed, it can be easy for everyone else to forget we’re living in a right-handed world. But aside from making it tough to cut a straight line with a pair of ...