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About 10.6 percent of people are left-handed, but what about animals? A new study looked at data from 172 animal species to ...
Scientists discover connection between left-handedness and neurological disorders. Study reveals lefties have 3.5 times higher autism risk, pointing to shared genetic and developmental factors.
Does left-handedness affect abilities like creativity or intelligence? Most people are right-handed, but about 10.6 percent are left-handed (Papadatou-Pastou and co-workers, 2020). While some ...
People with mental or neurodevelopmental disorders are more likely to show non-right-handedness than those without these ...
popular culture has built an impressive mythology around left-handedness and brainpower. Even in casual conversation, someone inevitably brings up how left-handed people are “just wired ...
During the Inquisition, mere left-handedness was sufficient to condemn a woman as a witch, leading to the execution of numerous innocent left-handed individuals. 1 Researchers have long sought ...
there is no indication that left-handedness leads to an early demise. Rather, a complex combination of factors combine so that fewer of the old and oldest old report left-handedness, according to ...
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 ...
In present day Nigeria, giving or receiving anything with your left hand is seen as a sign of disrespect, lack of home ...
and a new study sheds light on a genetic component of left-handedness in some people. Researchers identified rare variants of a gene involved in controlling the shape of cells and found them to be ...