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

Sometimes I think I was the last American southpaw to be forced in kintegarten to be forced to write right-handed. I have met others that went through it. But, I recall being the only one in my class and I've never met anyone younger than I that went through it. It means I will never forget the name of that insistent teacher: Mrs. Cole. So, I thought from the title maybe this was related to that. Forcing right-handedness on students is really a footnote to the main thrust of this book: left-handedness as a deadly pathology. That is, birth stressors causing left-handedness land the person in a world of dangerous right-handed power tools and carrying the seeds of destruction from those same stressors so that when 10% or so children are show more lefties, but only something like 0.5% of octogenarians. Apparently, Coren's research was quite controversial back in the day and I suppose if it were as widely read now it'd be at least as controversial as the bell curve. Some of the minor facts are real groaners, like suggesting the etymology of "footman" is from Roman servants posted to observe that the propitious foot leads into the house, etc. So, that makes me have to take with a grain of salt what I am not taking the time to research. Still, as science writing for a popular audience, I greatly appreciate the author's success is engaging, clear material distilled from many studies and research. show less

It is good to know that more by luck than judgement, the QWERTY keyboard is left-hander friendly. That's about all that is. Take this copy. I open it and the price is pencilled in at the top corner of the front free endpaper - why not in top left? The book only cost £1.99 - probably a right hander thought it was for freaks,

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.

An excellent book to read for any of those lefties out there. It presents a lot of really interesting information about why you are the way you are. Although it is getting a bit old now, I have yet to come across a better, more thorough examination of the lefty

Left-handers unite!!!! We are the most persecuted minority in the history of humanity!!! Join me to fight the oppression of the right-handed world. Left handed lives matter!!!!! We demand our own country where we can be free from persecution and enjoy self-rule. How about Belize? It's not a real country and if the locals mind we'll just ship them to Guatemala! No more smudging ink with our hands, we'll write right to left! Every classroom will have left handed desks and every pair of scissors will be designed for lefties!!!! It's time for our own Zion!!! No? Ok...well, can we at least get a parade? No? How about a flag?

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.

A very negative view of left-handedness.