The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness - Couverture rigide

Coren, Stanley

 
9780029066829: The Left-Hander Syndrome: The Causes and Consequences of Left-Handedness
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ISBN 10 : 0029066824 ISBN 13 : 9780029066829
Editeur : The Free Press, 1992

Synopsis

Left-handedness is a complex psychological and neurological phenomenon. Recent research suggests that left-handed people encounter psychological problems and have a shorter life expectancy, but display greater intelligence and creativity in some spheres. This book examines the phenomenon, considering the various difficulties that left-handed people face in a world designed for right-handed people and suggesting ways in which things can be made more comfortable and safer for them. It also investigates other aspects of "sidedness", including foot, ear and eye preferences.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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?

Biographie de l'auteur

Stanley Coren is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of The Intelligence of Dogs; Gods, Ghosts and Black Dogs; and other bestsellers about dogs. He, his wife, and their two dogs live in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Éditeur
The Free Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0029066824
ISBN 13 
9780029066829
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
375
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Personne responsable
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