Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear (opens in new tab)  🔬Exercise Science  Content type: News  8 articles covering this post

From Spain to Japan, experiments have repeatedly shown a left-turn bias, but exact mechanic ‘is still an open question’“I’m not an ambi-turner,” laments Derek Zoolander in the about the world’s hottest male model and his rare catwalk hangup. “It’s a problem I’ve had since I was a baby … I can’t turn left.”Now, research suggests that the fashionista’s career-threatening quirk was even more unusual than previously thought. Tests reveal that when people are ambling about, they have a natural ten...

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