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On the Other Hand Left Hand, Right Brain, Mental Disorder, and History / Howard I. Kushner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kushner, Howard I., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Attitude.
- Mental Disorders--etiology.
- Mental Disorders.
- Functional Laterality.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- 2017.
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Genes and kangaroos
- Criminals or victims? Cesare Lombroso vs. Robert Hertz
- By the numbers : measuring handedness
- Ambiguous attitudes
- Changing hands, tying tongues
- From genes to populations : the search for a cause
- The geschwind hypothesis
- Genetic models and selective advantage
- Uniquely human?
- A gay hand?
- Disability, ability, and the left hand
- Conclusion : does left-handedness matter?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781421423340
- 1421423340
- OCLC:
- 1004661037
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