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CradlingMonday 9 September 2002
When you pick up a baby on which side do you cradle it? Do you hold the baby to your left or your right?

New research revealed at the British Psychological Society's conference in Brighton last weekend finally gets to the bottom of a mystery which has been puzzling psychologists for years.
Why do 80% of women hold babies on the left? Claudia Hammond has been investigating the theory.

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