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    Left-Handedness: Behavioral Implications and Anomalies
    Left-Handedness: Behavioral Implications and Anomalies
    Left-Handedness: Behavioral Implications and Anomalies
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    Left-Handedness: Behavioral Implications and Anomalies

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    Left-handedness has been shown to be a possible marker for various psychological and physical abnormalities. This book presents evidence by a number of researchers who evaluate whether there are indeed differences between left- and right-handers which extend into the broader psychological and physiological realms.

    Several chapters show that left-handedness is found in unexpectedly high proportions in populations that suffer from various immune deficiency diseases, in alcoholics, dyslexics, mental retardates, psychopaths and other clinical groups. The book indicates why left-handedness should be a marker for such conditions. The genetic and environmental pressures on handedness are explored. A model for pathological left-handedness is presented, along with some interesting data which suggests that left-handedness may be associated with reduced life-span. Finally, several chapters discuss the implications of handedness patterns in non-clinical populations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJun 26, 1990
    ISBN9780080867212
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    • 2/5
      Finally! It was okay, but being a left-handed myself I found the book bothersome. While some people delight in the fact of encountering a left-handed and believe that we are smarter, this book is the total opposite. My daughter is left-handed too and while I feel very proud I can't help but think that I was born premature, that I suffer from allergies, my daughter does too - but I don't remember her having any birth problems ... I was hoping to find something more positive about our condition. Thanks, but no thanks.
    • 2/5
      A very negative view of left-handedness.
    • 4/5
      As a left-handed person, I recommend this book to anyone who is left-handed or has any relatives or children who are left-handed. The things Coren discovered about left-handedness and how it effects the brain of a left-handed person is simply amazing and enlightening.

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