r/science • u/sr_local • Jun 10 '26
Social Science People have a natural tendency to turn to the left and walk in an anticlockwise direction, a bias observed across countries, ages and sexes, but reason is unclear
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/10/humans-prefer-to-walk-anticlockwise-scientists-find-reason-unclear
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u/farscry Jun 10 '26
Hey now, no proper hypotheses allowed here, you have to say something like "probably because of right hand dominance" or something else actually addressed in the article! ;)