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From: bob@vaxwaller.UUCP (Bob Palin)
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Subject: Re: Results of handedness survey
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Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 12:59:33 EST
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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