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    At the end of an article in cnn.com by a study funded by the Swedish Medical Research council, it states "Each of the three groups of subjects included 12 healthy, unmedicated, right-handed and HIV-negative individuals", I can understand healthy, unmedicated and HIV-negative participants, but is it truly necessary to say all participants were right-handed as opposed to left-handed?

    Question #65490. Asked by pjotr. (May 09 06 1:28 AM)


    thenappylady

    		To reduce the potential variables in the control group, I would imagine (this is not a definitive reply! Someone else may know more).

    May 09 06, 6:00 AM
    Arpeggionist

    		It's important when doing some genetic research, or for the study of lefthandedness (or righthandedness).

    May 09 06, 7:49 AM

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