Bücher von Stanley Coren

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?

Revised and with a new preface by the author, this new edition of the international bestseller from top psychologist and prize-winning trainer Stanley Coren reveals startling truths about the canine mind.

Lateral preferences are strange, puzzling, and on the surface, not particularly adaptive aspects of behavior. Yet when one looks at human behaviors more carefully, one becomes aware that asymmet rical behaviors favoring one side or the other are actually a fairly universal characteristic of human beings.