About 10.6% of humans are left-handed (Papadatou-Pastou et al., 2020) – but what about animals? Here are 7 surprising facts about the science of left-handedness in animals. Initially, scientists ...

A study by Cornell University students has suggested that lefties are not more creative despite a popular myth, but in fact, righties might be.

The widespread belief that left-handers—who make up roughly 10 percent of the population—are more imaginative or artistically gifted has persisted in part due to the brain's structure.

The answer to that is a definitive … maybe. Scientists have been chipping away at the peculiarities of left-handedness, which occurs in about 10 percent of the population, for a long time.

More information: Owen Morgan et al, Handedness and creativity: Facts and fictions, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2025). DOI: 10.3758/s13423-025-02717-2 Journal information: Psychonomic Bulletin ...

Only in 17% of species was there no evidence of left-handedness. Thus, limb preferences are the rule, not the exception, in the animal kingdom. Cats are more likely to be left-handed than humans are.