Milenković, Sanja (13406392200)Sanja (13406392200)MilenkovićBelojević, Goran (6603711924)Goran (6603711924)BelojevićPaunović, Katarina (8412749700)Katarina (8412749700)PaunovićDavidović, Dragana (13614022900)Dragana (13614022900)Davidović2025-06-122025-06-122019https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH190522095Mhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077393859&doi=10.2298%2fSARH190522095M&partnerID=40&md5=bce1a3bb3e6729695eaf16fcb70db7a8https://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5352Lateralization is one of the central questions in neurology, neuropsychology, and other related scientific disciplines. There has been very little change in the proportion of left-handers since the Upper Paleolithic Age about 10,000 years ago and it is estimated to be around 10%. As the history of human thinking has developed from superstition to science, the explanation of left-handedness transformed from “devil’s work” to neurological specificity. This paper presents this very interesting historical change by analyzing the data on left-handedness and the attitudes towards it in human societies from prehistory to today. Even in a relatively open-minded society, parents and teachers may encourage a left-handed child to switch to right-handedness to make their lives easier in a largely right-handed world. On the other hand, left-handedness is increasingly seen as a special gift, and left-handed people have started to favor themselves as more competent in relation to the right-handed people. © 2019, Serbia Medical Society. All rights reserved.HandednessHistoryLaterality