From: Patrick Wilken (patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au)
Date: Sat Nov 21 1998 - 17:06:30 MST
At 5:07 AM 22-11-98, Michael Lorrey wrote:
>Patrick Wilken wrote:
>>It has nothing to do with handness (lefthanders show the
>> same bias)
>>
>would want to hold an infant on the left to leave the right hand free to hold a
>rock, spear, or other weapon. I would venture to guess that the vast majority
>of people and apes will hold a baby on the non-dominant side to leave the
>dominant hand free, whether the individual is right or left handed.
Mike:
If that were the case why would lefthanders show exactly the same bias??
best, patrick
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