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Porac Clare |
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Laterality : exploring the enigma of left-handedness / / Clare Porac |
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London, [England] : , : Academic Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Laterality |
Left- and right-handedness |
Left and right (Psychology) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Laterality; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Everybody's Right, So What's Left?; Hand Preference; Hand Preference Questionnaires: How Many Questions?; Hand Preference Questionnaires: How Are the Questions Scored?; Hand Preference Questionnaires: How Are Hand Preference Types Defined?; Hand Performance; Hand Preference and Performance: Same or Different?; Measuring Handedness: Do's and Don'ts; References; 2 Left in the Genes; One Gene, Two Hands; Handedness and Brain Lateralization for Language; Handedness by Chance; Handedness and Sex |
Handedness and the GenomeMany Genes, Two Hands; The ACE of Handedness; What Conclusion is Left?; References; 3 Who's Left in the Family?; Familial Sinistrality; Families and Pathological Left-Handedness; Developmental Instability; Birth Order and Birth Complications; What's Left to the Parents?; Cradling Bias; References; 4 Left-Handers and the Right Mind; Right Brain, Left Brain, and Handedness; Words on the Left, Images on the Right; Thinking Left and Right; Creativity: Left, Right, or Both?; Handedness and Intelligence; Handwriting Postures and the Hemispheres; Right Brain, Left Brain |
References5 Left with Raging Hormones; Men to the Left, Women to the Right; Pointing Fingers at Testosterone and Left-Handedness; Left- |
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Handedness and Sexual Orientation; Left for All Seasons; References; 6 Left to Die; Why Left-Handedness and Early Death?; Pathological Left-Handedness; Left-Handedness and Accident Risk; The Elimination Hypothesis: An Addition of Risks; Challenging Elimination; Handedness Modification; Eliminating Elimination; References; 7 Left in a Right-Handed World; Left-Handers Become Right-Handers; Specific Training of the Nonpreferred Hand |
Reaching to the Right and LeftLeft-Handedness: Dangerous or Just Different?; Left-Handedness as a Hand Injury Risk; Are Left-Handers Accident-Prone?; References; 8 Geography, History, and the Left Hand; Touring the World with Left-Hand Turns; Nations, Regions, and the Left Hand; Left-Handed Ups and Downs Through History; References; 9 Disorders, Diseases, and Life on the Left; Left-Handedness and Disorders of the Mind; Schizophrenia and Schizotypy: Left with Ambiguity; Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Left-Handedness; Autism, Language Disorders, and Left-Handedness |
Is Left-handedness a Marker for Poor Health?Does Disease Take a Left Turn?; Drinks, Drugs, and the Left Hand; A New Approach to Left-Handedness and Pathology; References; 10 Life on the Left: Not Bad After All; Is There a Left-Handed Personality Type?; Left-Handedness and Anxiety; The Left-Handed Dreamer; Left-Handedness, Ability, and Career Choice; Left-Handers, Work, and Income; Left in the Sporting Life; The Fighting Hypothesis, Left-Handedness, and Direct Interactive Sports; Left-Handers and Fast Ball Sports; References; 11 More Than a Left Hand |
Footedness: The Other Limb Lateral Preference |
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