Most of us are firmly righty or lefty. We have the go-to hand we favor for just about everything, and we have the hand that’s … less useful. But there is a third type of handedness you might have ...

The term “handedness” refers to the tendency to use one hand over the other, such as left-handedness or right-handedness. It’s also known as hand preference. So, if you naturally use your right hand ...

Having the ability to use both your right and left hands with ease is a skill not many people are blessed with. Imagine if your handwriting looked beautiful no matter which hand you wrote with. Or if ...

Harry Houdini, Leonardo da Vinci, Robert Baden-Powell, ­Benjamin Franklin and Johnny Wilkinson were (or are) all ambidextrous, defined as being able to use both hands with equal ­facility. But a study ...

Leonardo da Vinci, art history’s most famous southpaw, was actually ambidextrous, researchers have proven. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence conducted an in-depth study of Leonardo’s earliest known ...

Children who are ambidextrous, using either hand with the same ease, may be more likely to have mental health, language and academic problems than their peers, according to a new study. The ...