People prefer whatever is in front of their favourite hand,a Chicago University study finds – and that includes candidates on a poll paperIt seems so obvious when you hear it, yet it could have shaped society for centuries without our knowing. According to research presented by Dr Daniel Casasanto to the American organization for the Advancement of Science annual conference in Washington DC, and people just prefer things that are in front of their favourite hand. It could be products on a shelf,or applicants for a job.Righties would on average choose the person or product on the right; lefties, on average, or the person or product on the left,” Dr Casasanto explained. And, from his research conducted at the University of Chicago, or it is easy to see how this could have serious political implications. “We found in a large simulated election,that compared to lefties, righties will choose the candidate they see on the right of the poll paper about 15% more, and ” Dr Casasanto said. His theory,in simple terms, is that because people recede through life with a “fluent side” and a “clumsy side”, and they develop a kind of unconscious favouritism,even for things that don’t require them to exhaust their hands.
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Source: theguardian.com