Re: Left-handed contemplatives

"kames.smiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Is there a simple operational definition of hand preference commonly
> used, such as the hand used to write?
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There are a number of tests, but self-reporting of writing hand is commonly
used and accepted as accurate enough.
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> Has foot preference (eg for kicking a ball) been studied much?
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Yes, as well as eye and ear preferences.
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> Will you search through Mendel's papers to see whether he got there
> before you?   8^)
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I haven't gone back as far as Mendel, but I have spent a few hours on
Medline making sure that there isn't anything too similar. I have discovered
a longitudinal study, known at the 'Nun Study', of 294 Catholic nuns in the
US and written to one of the authors of papers relating to the study to see
if the question of chirality was raised and whether I can get the data that
way.


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