Scientists have long been fascinated by left-handedness. This is because left-handedness is related to brain asymmetry: the way that the two brain hemispheres are specialised for different functions.

About 10.6 percent of people are left-handed and the rest right-handed. One question that is not well understood is whether left-handedness is more common in neurodiverse and neurodivergent people ...

Many people think there are only two forms of handedness, but there are actually three: left-handedness, right-handedness, ...

生まれつき左手を反射的に使う「左利き」の人は、矯正されてしまうこともあってばらつきはあるものの、全人口のおおむね10～30％ほど存在しているといわれています。左利きの人が生まれる理由ははっきりしていませんが、ある研究によると、利き手は ...

The fact that left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness are strikingly common in patients with certain neurological disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders, is a frequently reported observation in ...

人間はもとより、ネコやミツバチにも「右利きと左利き」の違いがあることが分かっていますが、この違いがなぜ発生するのかは長年にわたり謎に包まれていました。2019年に発表された研究により、左利きに関係がある遺伝子の変異が4カ所特定されました ...

BOCHUM, Germany — Left-handed people appear significantly more often among those with certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders, according to groundbreaking research that analyzed data from over ...

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 ...