Article: In double hand transplants, left hand works first.

A small study of two double hand transplant patients shows that patients' brains re-establish connections much more quickly with the left hand than the right, according to new research. In the study, led by Angela Sirigu of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Lyon, both patients had been right-handed before losing their hands, and both followed a pattern of reconnection with their brain that was quicker for the left hand. In the new study, the researchers were seeking to better ...

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