Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 19, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.