From U.S. presidents to elite athletes, lefties have turned what was once a stigma into a surprising advantage.

Today, being a lefty is celebrated, but that hasn’t always been the case. People who used their left hands to write, play sports, or eat were seen as bad and were often accused of engaging in ...

Left-handed people make up about 10 percent of the population, a minority that has faced everything from superstition to forced correction throughout history. Beyond the cultural challenges, ...

Being left-handed seems to be an advantage in some sports, according to a study of athletes in world-rankings. Although only 1 in 10 people are left-handed, they found that more than 1 in 10 fencers ...

THE LEFT-HANDED have long struggled in a right-handed world. But they are over-represented in one field: one-to-one sports such as fencing and tennis. The conventional explanation for this is that the ...

What makes someone right-handed vs. left-handed? There are no clear answers, but there is growing evidence that left-hand dominant people tend to be more creative and divergent thinkers. Are you a ...

A common stereotype about left-handers is that they choose certain jobs more often than right-handers. These include, for example, jobs that require a lot of creativity, like an artist or musician, ...