Do any animals exhibit something like left or right handedness? Could
one sensibly speak of a gerbil, say, being left-pawed?
RSNorman wrote:
On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 20:14:05 +0100, Justin Thyme
<JustinThyme@nowhere.com> wrote:
Do any animals exhibit something like left or right handedness? Could
one sensibly speak of a gerbil, say, being left-pawed?
Google "handedness in animals."
Even better, use google scholar.
Handedness is a special case of "laterality" so you might want to
google that, also.
Gerbils are another story.
Thank you. I reason I didn't Google "handedness in animals" is that the >phrase seems silly - animals generally not having hands. And I wasn't >cognisant of the term "laterality".
On Sun, 09 Aug 2015 20:14:05 +0100, Justin Thyme
<JustinThyme@nowhere.com> wrote:
Do any animals exhibit something like left or right handedness? Could
one sensibly speak of a gerbil, say, being left-pawed?
Google "handedness in animals."
Even better, use google scholar.
Handedness is a special case of "laterality" so you might want to
google that, also.
Gerbils are another story.
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