Why Left to Right Punches are More agressive, Powerful, and Shocking

In this PsyBlog article, it talked about how the fact that our culture reads left to right effects how we view other things. For instance, we view numbers from one to infinity laid out from left to right. It was discovered that this even effects how we interpret movement. Objects, such as cars, punces, and soccer player's kicks are viewed as more powerful and stronger when moving from left to right. Another thing they talked about was how stereotypically, guys are viewed more dominant. It is found that in most pictues, guys are found on the left side because that is the side associated with power. Also, if one wants to look more powerful, like posing for a work picture, people tend put their right cheek forward. However, when posing for family photos, they put their left cheek forward, causing them to look more friendly and passive. It was also discovered that in cultures where they read from right to left, this effect was reversed.

I think that this article was really bizzare. After thinking about it, I also noticed that most car commercials have the car moving from left to right on the screne, making them seem more powerful. I would have never made the connection if it not for this article.