Adult participants from India and France were requested to respond to hand and foot preference questionnaires. The items of the questionnaires assessed the choice of the preferred hand and foot on a scale that ranged from extreme left preference through no preference to extreme right preference. Results showed that both groups were more right lateralized for hand actions, whereas foot preferences were less right lateralized and spread across extreme right preference to no preference on the laterality index continuum for men and women. As compared to requiring large numbers for consistency in hand preferences across geographical regions, trends in the lateralization of hand and foot preferences may be consistently obtained with smaller samples. The study reveals the existing difference in lateral preferences between the upper and lower limbs that is sustained regardless of culture or geographical location and indicates the need for further investigation to know why the lower limbs are less lateralized than the upper limbs.

来自印度和法国的成年参与者被要求回答手和脚偏好问卷。问卷的项目以从极度偏左偏爱到无偏度再到极右偏爱的程度来评估偏好的手和脚的选择。结果表明，两组人的手部动作偏向右偏，而脚的偏向偏右偏少，并且分布在极右偏偏上，而对男性和女性的偏侧指数连续性没有偏偏。与跨地理区域的手部偏好一致性需要大量数据相比，使用较小的样本可以一致地获得手和脚部偏好的横向化趋势。