M. Okobo (2009) reports that right-handers have a preference (74%) for sitting to the right of the cinema screen when they are motivated to watch a film. For students who were put off by the film, none showed a preference for the right-hand seats, regardless of their handedness.
Also, adults with a more artistic, less analytic thinking style were more likely to sit on the right-hand side of the classroom; and another study showed that people are more likely to exhibit the left side of their face when asked to express emotion in a family photo, but to show their right profile when asked to pose as a scientist.
I haven’t thought about these preferences. I wonder what implications they have for using Tablet and other mobile PCs for learning?
Okubo, M. (2010). Right movies on the right seat: (Brain) Laterality and seat choice. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24 (1), 90-99 DOI: 10.1002/acp.1556