Are left handed people at an advantage over right handed ones?

This idea can be backed up with a list of prominent athletes who have ruled the sports world, and one can reason that a majority of athletes are more used to facing right-handed opponents, giving left-handers an advantage. read more

Well, it depends on your definition of advantage. If you consider the general notion about lefties being more creative or athletic or whatever, you need to know that biology is too complicated to be generalized like that. read more

Take tennis. If you are a leftie, you can gain an advantage by using the leftie serve, which will create problems for right-handed players. There are similar advantages in boxing. Boxers are not used to dealing with opponents who lead from the left. Left-handed cricket batsmen also seem to do better. read more

Most right-handed people use the left hemisphere of their brains to process language, but that doesn't mean most lefties are "right-brained"—that's just a common myth, says Gina Grimshaw, PhD, director of the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Wellington in New Zealand. read more