{"product_id":"9780128013571","title":"Laterality: Exploring the Enigma of Left-Handedness","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeft-handedness has been connected to many different conditions, traits, and abilities.  This is especially true for pathological syndromes, such as schizophrenia, along with learning disabilities and autism.  The published research on handedness is vast and frequently contradictory, often raising more questions than providing answers.  Questions such as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs handedness genetic?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan handedness be changed?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre there consequences to training someone to switch handedness?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre there positive traits associated with left-handedness like creativity?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre there negative traits associated with left-handedness like trouble reading maps?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs it abnormal to do some things right-handed and other things left-handed?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre the brains of left-handers different from the brains of right-handers?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaterality: Exploring the Enigma of Left-Handedness\u003c\/i\u003e examines the research conducted over the past 50 years with special emphasis on twenty-first century research on handedness and translates this literature into an accessible and readable form.  Each chapter is based on a question or questions covering diverse topics such as genetic and biological origins of handedness, familial and hormonal influences on handedness, and the effects of a majority right-handed world on the behaviors of left-handers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummarizes scientific research on laterality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeparates fact from fiction in common beliefs about laterality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes illustrative interviews with left-handers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119343485168,"sku":"9780128013571","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780128013571_p0.jpg?v=1763639281","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780128013571","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}