‘Body-specificity hypothesis.’ (notebook, format)

[Brian.Pearson]

We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, absorbing information, weighing it carefully, and making thoughtful decisions. But, as it turns out, we’re kidding ourselves.

[Six Foot Three]

So i wonder how a person who is ambidextrous would view and select things in accordance with this study?

[Brian.Pearson]

Originally Posted by 6 Foot 3

So i wonder how a person who is ambidextrous would view and select things in accordance with this study?

I asked him; I might accidentally get a reply.

[Viking Tech Solutions]

If you're basing your votes upon which side of the ballot the names are on, you should probably make the responsible choice to not exercise your right to vote. However it's an interesting study.

Now that I think of it, I'm right handed and I fold notebooks over to read instead of laying it out butterfly style when it comes to reading from the left page.

[harry chickpea]

"One way our bodies appear to shape our decision-making is through handedness. Casasanto and his colleagues explored whether being right-handed or left-handed might influence our judgments about abstract ideas like value, intelligence, and honesty."

The first thought that comes to mind is which handed is this wanker?

[harhar]

Originally Posted by harry chickpea

"One way our bodies appear to shape our decision-making is through handedness. Casasanto and his colleagues explored whether being right-handed or left-handed might influence our judgments about abstract ideas like value, intelligence, and honesty."

The first thought that comes to mind is which handed is this wanker?

LOL.

Not entrirely on topic to the article but:

"Left" for a long time meant/means sinister or unlucky. So there might be deep seeded preconceptions about people who are left-handed.

Add to the fact that being left handed is rare-er than being right handed, coupled with the fact that people are afraid of things they aren't familiar with, then I can certainly see a bias.

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As far as the study, I'll disagree with this point: In Western culture we read from left to right. Photographs are more visually pleasing (to me as a right hander) when the main subject is resting on the left regardless of what hand you are.

I'd like to see a study on say Japanese culture, which reads right to left, vs Western culture.

I would think a majority of these "biased" right vs. left decisions may just be cultural.