The Left Hander Syndrome

Author : Stanley Coren
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780679744689

Get Book

The Left-Hander Syndrome by Stanley Coren Pdf

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?

Author : Howard I. Kushner
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421423340

Get Book

On the Other Hand by Howard I. Kushner Pdf

Does being left-handed make a person different in any way that matters? Since the late Stone Age, approximately 10 percent of humans have been left-handed, yet for most of human history left-handedness has been stigmatized. In On the Other Hand, Howard I. Kushner traces the impact of left-handedness on human cognition, behavior, culture, and health. A left-hander himself, Kushner has long been interested in the meanings associated with left-handedness, and ultimately with whether hand preference can even be defined in a significant way. As he explores the medical and cultural history of left-handedness, Kushner describes the associated taboos, rituals, and stigma from around the globe. The words “left” and “left hand” have negative connotations in all languages, and left-handers have even historically been viewed as disabled. In this comprehensive history of left-handedness, Kushner asks why left-handedness exists. He examines the relationship—if any—between handedness, linguistics, and learning disabilities, reveals how toleration of left-handedness serves as a barometer of wider cultural toleration and permissiveness, and wonders why the reported number of left-handers is significantly lower in Asia and Africa than in the West. Written in a lively style that mixes personal biography with scholarly research, On the Other Hand tells a comprehensive story about the science, traditions, and prejudices surrounding left-handedness.

Author : Ed Wright
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1740458109

Get Book

Left-Handed History of World by Ed Wright Pdf

Through fascinating case studies of notables from ancient to modern times, Ed Wright explains the secret of lefty success.

Author : Stanley Coren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781476728469

Get Book

The Left-Hander Syndrome by Stanley Coren Pdf

Nine out of every ten human beings are naturally right-handed. Those who were not right-handed were feared, shunned, or forcibly retrained in many periods and cultures. Indeed, some members of fundamentalist sects still regard left-handers as in league with the devil, and prejudices against left-handers are reflected in the multiple associations of right with good and left with bad that have become enshrined in everyday language and folklore. A “left-handed compliment” is actually an insult, and the dictionary definition of left-handed includes the terms “awkward,” “clumsy,” “ill-omened,” and “Illegitimate.” In his summary of scientific research into sidedness, Stanley Coren rapidly dismisses the notion of the southpaw as somehow tainted. Increasingly we are coming to understand, however, that left-handedness does have social, educational, medical, and psychological implications. Coren uses entertaining examples to illuminate the paths of research he has followed, and answers vitally important questions such as: What are the neuropsychological and behavioral implications of differences for left-handers themselves, as well as for their parents, teachers, spouses, children, counselors, and physicians? How can we determine our own patterns of sidedness? Are they encoded in our genes? And, very importantly, how can we make the world more comfortable and safer for left-handers? Coren persuasively argues that left-handers are an invisible minority who must define themselves and organize for self-protections in the same way that more visible minorities have done. Much (though not all) of the risk to which left-handers are exposed derives from the fact that the tools they use and the machines they operate are designed for right-handers, a flaw that given heightened public awareness would be easy to correct. Coren advocates a change in the way the right-handed majority treats its left-handed minority to eliminate the risks left-handers face.

Author : James T. De Kay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN : 087131309X

Get Book

The Natural Superiority of the Left-hander by James T. De Kay Pdf

A lighthearted look at the inside-out world of left-handedness, seeking to prove what left-handers have always suspected - they are not only different from everybody else, they are better. Drawing on NASA statistics and neurological surgical research, the book makes its points with sly good humour.

Author : Stanley Coren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Left and right (Psychology)
ISBN : 0719552834

Get Book

Left Hander by Stanley Coren Pdf

First published as THE LEFT-HANDER SYNDROME

Author : Rik Smits
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781861899743

Get Book

The Puzzle of Left-handedness by Rik Smits Pdf

Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have been aided by his southpaw tendencies. Left-handedness, in fact, would appear to be no big deal. Yet throughout history, it has been associated with clumsiness and generally dubious personality traits like untrustworthiness and insincerity. Even the Latin word for left, sinister, has ominous connotations. In The Puzzle of Left-handedness, Rik Smits uncovers why history has been so unkind to our lefthanded forebears. He carefully puts together the pieces of the puzzle, presenting an array of historical anecdotes, strange superstitions, and weird wives’ tales. Smits explains how left-handedness continues to be associated with maladies of all kinds, including mental retardation, alcoholism, asthma, hay fever, cancer, diabetes, insomnia, depression, and criminality. Even in the enlightened twenty-first century, left-handedness still meets with opposition—including from one prominent psychologist who equates it with infantile negativism, similar to a toddler’s refusal to eat what’s on his plate, and another who claims that left-handed people have average lifespans that are nine years shorter than those who favor the right hand. As Smits reminds us, such speculation is backed by little factual evidence, and the arguments presented by proponents of right-handedness tend to be humorously absurd. The Puzzle of Left-handedness is an enlightening, engaging, and entertaining odyssey through the puzzles and paradoxes, theories and myths, of left-handed lore. Chock full of facts and fiction, it’s a book to be read with both hands.

Author : James T. De Kay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : 0965383865

Get Book

The Left-hander's Handbook by James T. De Kay Pdf

A hilarious look at the inside-out world of left-handers.

Author : I. C. McManus
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0674016130

Get Book

Right Hand, Left Hand by I. C. McManus Pdf

McManus considers evidence from anthropology, particle physics, the history of medicine, and the notebooks of Leonardo to answer questions like: Why are most people right-handed? Why does European writing go from left to right, while Arabic and Hebrew go from right to left? And how do we know that Jack the Ripper was left-handed?

Author : Evelyn B. Kelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017597183

Get Book

Left-handed Students by Evelyn B. Kelly Pdf

Describes some of the problems faced by left-handed students in the schools.

Author : Robert Svoboda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : UOM:39015047069862

Get Book

Aghora by Robert Svoboda Pdf

The Aghora trilogy have been embraced world-wide for their frankness in broaching subjects generally avoided and their facility for making the 'unseen' real. We enter the world of Vimalananda who teaches by story and living example.

Author : Stanley Coren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439189221

Get Book

Born to Bark by Stanley Coren Pdf

"For Christmas the woman who would become my wife bought me a dog—a little terrier. The next year her Christmas gift to me was a shotgun. Most of the people in my family believe that those two gifts were not unrelated." So begins Born to Bark, the charming new memoir by psychologist and beloved dog expert Stan Coren of his relationship with an irrepressible gray Cairn terrier named Flint. Stan immediately loved the pup for his friendly nature and indefatigable spirit, though his wife soon found the dog’s unpredictable exuberance difficult to deal with, to say the least. Even though Flint drove Stan’s wife up the wall, he became the joy of Stan’s life. The key to unlocking this psychologist-author’s way of looking at dog behavior, Flint also became the inspiration behind Coren’s classic, The Intelligence of Dogs. Undeterred by Flint’s irrepressible behavior (and by the breeder’s warning that he might be untrainable), Coren set out to prove that his furry companion could pass muster with the best of them. He persevered in training the unruly dog and even ventured into the competitive circles of obedience trials in dog shows, where Flint eventually made canine history as the highest-scoring Cairn terrier in obedience competition up to that time. (Stan chose not to tell his wife that the highest-ranking obedience dog of that year, a border collie, earned a total score that was fifty times higher.) The longest-running popular expert on human-dog bonding, Coren has enlivened his respected books and theories about dogs with accounts of his own experiences in training, living with, loving, and trying to understand them. A consummate storyteller, Coren now tells the wry, poignant, goofy, and good-hearted tale of his life with the dog who (in the words of his own book titles) taught him How to Speak Dog and How Dogs Think and whose antics made him ask Why Does My Dog Act That Way? Illustrated with Coren’s own delightful line drawings and photos, and interwoven with his heartfelt anecdotes of other beloved dogs from his earlier life, Born to Bark is an irresistible good dog/bad dog tale of this extraordinary, willful pooch and his profound impact on his master’s insights into canine behavior as a research psychologist and on his outlook on life as a whole.

Author : Alan Bellows
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780761152255

Get Book

Alien Hand Syndrome by Alan Bellows Pdf

Contains over ninety weird-but-true stories reported on DamnInteresting.com, telling of alien hand syndrome, Nazi-thwarting Norwegians, the skyhook, and other oddities.

Author : Suparna Damany,Jack Bellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0965510999

Get Book

It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! by Suparna Damany,Jack Bellis Pdf

This guide offers computer users who suffer from repetitive strain injury (RSI) an effective program for self-care. It explains the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of RSIs and also addresses the often-overlooked root causes of RSIs. This holistic program treats the entire upper body with ergonomics, exercise, and hands-on therapy, increasing the likelihood that surgery and drugs may be avoided.

Author : Edwin Clarke,Kenneth Dewhurst,Michael Jeffrey Aminoff
Publisher : Norman Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Brain
ISBN : 093040565X

Get Book

An Illustrated History of Brain Function by Edwin Clarke,Kenneth Dewhurst,Michael Jeffrey Aminoff Pdf