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From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: Results of handedness survey
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 21:24:28 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 17 21:24:28 1985
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Summary: Switching hands with the fork needn't be related to handedness

> 	The next step was to measure actual hand use.  Next time
> you eat dinner watch what people do with the fork and knife.  Do they
> switch the fork to the right hand after sawing away with their knife?

This test is contaminated by cultural background.  The hand switch is (said
to be) much less common among British than American people, for instance,
because of following parental example in each case.

Mark Brader