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The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness
Contributor(s): Coren, Stanley (Author)
ISBN: 0679744681     ISBN-13: 9780679744689
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
OUR PRICE:   $18.05  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 1993
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Annotation: If you are among the 10 percent of people who happen to be left-handed, you've had to endure such derisive terms as "gauche" and "a left-handed compliment." At school you may have been forced to write with your right hand. And in another century your proclivity might have gotten you accused of witchcraft.
Any left-handed person, or the spouse, parent, or friend of one, will be captivated by this essential and eye-opening book. With bracing wit and a flawless command of current research, psychologist Stanley Coren answers such questions as:
Is left-handedness acquired genetically or socially?
Are southpaws more creative than their right-handed fellows?
Why do left-handers seem to die younger than right-handers?
What can left-handers do to counteract the perils and prejudices that confront them in a world that leans to the right?
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | People With Disabilities
- Psychology | Physiological Psychology
- Social Science | Minority Studies
Dewey: 152.335
LCCN: 92050646
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.26" W x 8.02" (0.70 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Physically Challenged
 
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If you are among the 10 percent of people who happen to be left-handed, you've had to endure such derisive terms as "gauche" and "a left-handed compliment." At school you may have been forced to write with your right hand. And in another century your proclivity might have gotten you accused of witchcraft.

Any left-handed person, or the spouse, parent, or friend of one, will be captivated by this essential and eye-opening book. With bracing wit and a flawless command of current research, psychologist Stanley Coren answers such questions as:

Is left-handedness acquired genetically or socially?

Are southpaws more creative than their right-handed fellows?

Why do left-handers seem to die younger than right-handers?

What can left-handers do to counteract the perils and prejudices that confront them in a world that leans to the right?