{Left- and Right-cradling (Extract)}[23rd July 1990]

[Redbook7:168][19900723:2152]{Left- and Right-cradling (Extract)}[23rd July 1990]

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[A newspaper article* headlined ‘The babies who are left of centre’ copied here in the ms, which cannot be reproduced in the ts or blogged for copyright reasons, reports on a scientific finding that 4 out of 5 women (as opposed to 50% of men) will hold a baby on the left of their body; and that this trait is shared with chimpanzees and gorillas. Possible reasons hypothesised include the heartbeat being on the left; and the left side of the body being controlled by the right, or emotional, side of the brain.]**

*[The} Ind[ependent] [19]900723:13

**(Also in N[ew] S[cientist] 19900721.127:1726)

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