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Droitier vs gaucher : des décisions influencées

February 24, 2012

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Si les scientifiques ont déjà élucidé de nombreuses différences dans le fonctionnement du cerveau chez les droitiers et les gauchers, ils sont encore loin d’avoir tout dévoilé. Une nouvelle étude publiée dans la revue Current Directions in Psychological Science révèle ainsi que les individus ont tendance à préférer les choses qu’ils rencontrent sur le côté de leur main dominante.

Pour cela, les chercheurs menés par Daniel Casasanto, de la New School for Social Research, à New York ont réalisé une expérience basée sur le choix des personnes. Concrètement, ils ont présenté aux participants deux produits à acheter ou deux créatures extraterrestres à embaucher.

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