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

I cant be humble with this topic. I love to be left hander and i always watch when someone is left handed. In "The Left Hander Syndorm" you will discover the REAL differences between left handers ans right handers. And the more you read the more you will discover the connections between the two hemispheres. This book sometimes can get a little bit technical but is worthy. For an example of the infornation: Measuring sidedness... Read Full Review

This book doesn't tell left-handers how best to live in a right-handers' world, but it doesn't purport to. It does, however, live up to its title. Coren presents a range of very interesting theories and conclusions about left-handedness. Crucially, he also describes the actual studies and presents their results, and is fairly clear about when something's just a theory and why one might believe it, so you get to see some raw... Read Full Review

Well well, there is some very interesting stuff here. Why are only around 10% of the population left handed? Is this genetic or learned? And what does this mean for tool making, writing, driving, accident proneness, societal prejudice, sporting pursuits, and general living as a left hander? You might also be interested to know that around 20% of people are left footed, and around 40% of people are left eyed. Also more woman... Read Full Review

This is a great book! I read it many years ago when it first was released and I checked it out from the library. Now I'm buying my own copy. The author strives to prove that left-handedness is largely a concequence of brain trauma either during pregnancy early, or during birth that causes some level of brain damange. When I first read this, I was all offended thinking that I wasn't brain damanged! But after reading... Read Full Review

My prime regret about this book is that it took me the better part of a decade to get to it. While I'm not left handed I've always been facinated by the topic. This book and the studies it covers sure blew away a lot of my pretense of knowledge about the subject and a lot of old wives tales to boot. Happily I'm not alone in my chagrin. Coren's investigation blew away a lot of his smug preconceptions too. Coren could... Read Full Review