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As a consequence, observers would preferentially attend to the region in which others\u2019 dominant hand usually falls, thus increasing the efficiency in monitoring both aggressive and communicative acts. Given that men can be more dangerous compared with women, the right-hand bias should be larger when observing male rather than female individuals, and given that aggressive interactions involve men more frequently than women, it should be larger in male rather than female observers. However, previous studies did not specifically test whether: (i) male\u2014compared with female\u2014observers pay more attention to the right side of others (regardless of the observed individuals\u2019 sex), or (ii) observers (regardless of their sex) pay more attention to the right side of male\u2014compared with female\u2014individuals. 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