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Lifted-weight difference thresholds as a function of hand.

W A Siders·H Hoffman·B B Glanville
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A study was conducted to determine if the two hands of right-handers are differentially sensitive to changes in perceived weight. Using the method of limits, the left and right hands of 20 college students were tested at each of three reference weights: 90, 100, and 110 gm. Results indicated that, over-all, difference thresholds for the two hands were not reliably different, though a trend did emerge toward greater right-handed sensitivity to weight changes at smaller weights and greater left-handed sensitivity at greater weights.

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W A Siders, H Hoffman, B B Glanville. 1978. Lifted-weight difference thresholds as a function of hand.. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1978.46.1.175

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