Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site vaxwaller.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!varian!vaxwaller!bob From: bob@vaxwaller.UUCP (Bob Palin) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.followup,net.misc Subject: Re: Results of handedness survey Message-ID: <224@vaxwaller.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 12:59:33 EST Article-I.D.: vaxwalle.224 Posted: Fri Mar 8 12:59:33 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 04:42:02 EST References: <649@mhuxt.UUCP> Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.flame:8750 net.followup:4625 net.misc:7513 I remember discussing left/right handedness with some sort of expert a few years ago in a bar ( I don't think he was just a bar expert ! ), anyway the percentage of lefties is between 7 and 8 % and is the same over all races throughout the world, don't know about other planets though. The interesting thing this guy said was that animals too had right/left tendancies and the proportion was the same as humans, I suppose this make sense in some physiological way. This probably only applies to mammals I would think - does anybody have any ideas ? I believe that the right/left handedness of the animals was tested by there eye preference but I'm not sure that is correct - does eye preference relate to manual preference. Another thing I read somewhere said that some people are right handed but left footed and judging by the soccer players I know this seems to be true. The article said that these people had considerably more trouble learning during childhood though I don't see any correlation myself. A right hander myself but ambifootstrous due to a broken right foot once upon a time. Bob Palin, Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek, Ca. {amd|zehntel}!varian!bob