On the Other Hand

This scientific landscape in perpetual, cyclical flux is well described by Kushner’s engaging, accessible panorama.—Abigail Zuger, UndarkThis is a useful addition to the growing library of laterality literature and gives us a solid overview of the history of left-handedness.—LATERALITYHoward Kushner’s On the Other Hand is a review of the history and current state of scientific knowledge about human handedness. This doesn’t sound like thrilling reading, but it is.—LectionThe book will be of special interest to left-handed people, particularly those who have suffered negative consequences as a result, and to members of other stigmatized groups. For the rest of us, it is an interesting case-study in the seemingly limitless capacity of human beings to discriminate against those who are different from themselves.—The PsychologistIn this interesting and highly informative book, Howard Kushner brings together a wealth of information on handedness in humans, including research into its possible causes, and past and present attitudes to left-handedness.—The Dana FoundationThis is a very engaging and informative book that will interest scholars but should also appeal to a much wider audience.—Social History of Medicine

Howard I. Kushner is the Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Professor of Science & Society Emeritus at Emory University and John D. Adams Professor of History Emeritus at San Diego State University. A visiting scholar in the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition at the University of California-San Diego, he is the author of A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome and American Suicide: A Psychocultural Exploration.