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"Have you ever participated in one of those jelly bean counting contests--you know, a &amp;quot;guess how many jelly beans are in this jar and win a prize!&amp;quot; kind of thing? Well, if your jelly-bean guess was under the actual number, it might have something to do with this surprising piece of research... You might have been leaning to the left. According to a small study by psychologists at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the tilt of your body influences your estimates of quantities (such as numbers, sizes, and percentages). In the study, researchers had participants stand on a Wii Balance Board that surreptitiously moved them to lean right or left. Then the participants answered estimation questions on a screen. When they were leaning left, more people underestimated. The researchers say this may have something to do with the fact that when we think about numbers, our brains put small numbers to the left and larger numbers on the right. But they also point out that leaning one way or the other won&amp;#x27;t make you answer incorrectly if you know the answer--it just might nudge you when you&amp;#x27;re trying to make a decision. Well! What do you think? Are you a leaner (and is that something that you&amp;#x27;ve ever even thought about)? More on who-knew news in the world of health: * Would You Rather: Work Out Barefoot or Wearing Heels * The Week&amp;#x27;s Weirdest Health News: Cicada Ice Cream, Cardboard Bike Helmets, and Why Sarcasm Rules * Can Lots of Coffee Make You Hear Things That Aren&amp;#x27;t There? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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