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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 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?
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The Left-Hander Syndrome, Stanley Coren
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- Released
- 1993
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- Title
- The Left-Hander Syndrome
- Subtitle
- The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stanley Coren
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 317
- ISBN10
- 0679744681
- ISBN13
- 9780679744689
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Business, Business & Management, Science & Math, Self-Help, Natural sciences, Psychological Topics, Philosophical Topics, Music Theme, References & Manuals, Psychology, Biology, Science, Economics, Health, Relationships, Murders, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Biographies, School, Education & School System, Sociology, Society, Detective, Mental Health, 21st Century, Research, Psychotherapy, Serial killers, Evolution, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Brain, Disability, People with Disabilities, Pathology, Human Nature, Pathophysiology
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
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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 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?