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the left-side bias for holding human infants: an everyday directional asymmetry in the natural environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

lauren julius harris  and
jason b. almerigi
lauren julius harris
Affiliation:
department of psychology, michigan state university, east lansing, mi 48824 harrisl@msu.edu www.psychology.msu.edu/people/faculty/harris.htm
jason b. almerigi
Affiliation:
university outreach and engagement, michigan state university, east lansing, mi 48824 almerigi@msu.edu
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Abstract

to vallortigara & rogers's (v&r's) evidence of everyday directional asymmetries in the natural environment of a variety of species, we offer one more example for human beings. it is the bias for holding an infant on the left side, and it illustrates several themes in the target article.

Type
open peer commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 600 - 601
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press

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