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::::Based on my own experienced, I really can't decide which is more sensitive. Therefore, I'd rely on research that tried to answer to question scientifically.

::::I also thought of it as a starting point, but then decided it was useless: perhaps the truth is that the left hand is usually more sensitive regardless of the person's handedness. Wedding rings are worn on the left hand for reasons sort of related to that (the left hand is closer to the heart and the [[vena amoris]] supposedly ran from the left ring finger to the heart). Checking one's own experience would suggest to left handed people that the dominant hand is more sensitive; and to right-handed people, the opposite. You need larger N of both populations. [[Special:Contributions/2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D|2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D]] ([[User talk:2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D|talk]]) 02:15, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

:::::You could try hitting your left thumb with a hammer, then your right thumb, and see which one hurts more. (Like the stereotype of hitting a thumb while nailing something.) ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] ^{''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''} [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 02:51, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

:[http://csef.usc.edu/History/2014/Projects/J1215.pdf This] is a (not peer-reviewed) report on a 2014 [[California State Science Fair]] project that found a slight but significantly higher touch sensitivity in the dominant hand. [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304394009013688?via%3Dihub Another study] appears to show that right-handed males have lower pain sensitivity in their dominant hands, while no difference was found for left-handed males or females. So the answer may depend on (a) the kind of sensitivity; (b) the gender of the subject; (c) the handedness of the subject.  --[[User talk:Lambiam|Lambiam]] 08:24, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

::Thank you. I'm more interested in the touch sense. I wish I found more serious studies about it. --[[User:ThePupil|ThePupil]] ([[User talk:ThePupil|talk]]) 19:09, 20 June 2020 (UTC)