Being left- or right-handed – and the paw, eye, fin and wing equivalents – is a product of genes, development and the environment.
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It’s a mixture of your genes which you get from your parents, and also your life experience.
A study of more than 1.7 million people has revealed 41 distinct genetic regions associated with left-handedness, and another 7 tied to ambidexterity.
10% of people are left-handed but we still haven’t uncovered how this changes the way their brains work.
Spontaneous mirror writing by both left- and right-handed children has long remained a mystery. Recent studies of brain processing and writing have led to an unexpected explanation.
The animal kingdom is full of lefties and righties, although rarely is the ratio skewed as much as it is in humans. If you’re wondering about your own pet, you can find out with a simple experiment.
People who have an extreme preference for using their right hand may be worse at maths, according to new research.
The way early humans learned to handle food could explain why the majority of people today are right handed.
The development of ‘handedness’ and language are closely linked.
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