Right or left-handed? It’s decided in the womb, say scientists

Tony Jones

Right or left-handed? It’s decided in the womb, say scientists

It had been thought that developing a favoured hand was post-natal and decided by the age of three or four.

But a new study has found foetuses showing a preference for one side over the other usually retain it when after they are born.

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