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In the version viewed on 9/12/13, the page notes that Coren's work on handedness and mortality has played out in the literature and cites a general psychology textbook as evidence. Unfortunately, this is not how the academic dispute played out, and on that matter the general textbook was simply incorrect in claiming that Coren and Halpern's hypothesis was vindicated.
In fact, the majority of the academic literature presses against Coren and Halpern's hypothesis and has supported the claim that Coren and Halpern's methodology (effectively a case-control design) was confounded by secular trends in the population - specifically changes in the reported prevalence of left-handedness that increased during a certain period among younger persons. This biased a sampling of death records as left-handed persons were more represented among the younger-deceased. Effectively, Coren and Halpern confused the average age of death as evidence for a differential mortality rate. Studies which have looked specifically at death rates for cohorts, a design that is not biased by these issues, often failed to find a mortality effect associated with handedness. This was evident even when Coren and Halpern published in the New England Journal of Medicine and other authors quickly disputed the conclusions, some even citing large cohort studies (specifically, NHANES data and the Framingham study) which found no effect at all. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199110033251412 See also a large study of Swedish conscripts here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8038249 and the Iowa Women's Health Study here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8059772
Furthermore, it's been demonstrated that these suspected differences in underlying prevalence of left handedness can produce effects as large as those observed by Coren and Halpern. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.83.2.265
I suggest that the claim of Coren's theory playing out favorably and gaining acceptance be removed, given that the literature can most reasonably be summarized as "cohort studies do not show a strong effect of handedness on mortality rate". 128.163.7.150 ( talk) 22:43, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
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Wow, this needed extension - glad to do it. I still remember Dr. Coren from first-year psychology - great guy, and well worth being recognized for his work. Tony Fox (speak) 03:36, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
This article does not meet the guidelines for notability. Please reference: Wikipedia:Notability (biographies)
This article will be nominated for deletion unless some demonstrable addition is made to conform to the notability guideline. BeachDog ( talk) 17:01, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Brian, if your colleague has published multiple books through major publishers, that person is almost certainly notable, and if you think you can do it without COI, you should certainly add the article on him or her. The absence of an article that should be in WP doesnt prove other articles inappropriate.
For a fuller explanation of some of the factors involved, see in my talk page archives [1] and [2], since I've been asked about this before. Essentially any academic or other author with major published books can be shown to be notable. Such is widely accepted at AfD--based on my experience there, I cannot imagine an article as strong as this being deleted. The argument that goes there is that the peer reviews that have taken place, and the citations to the articles, and the book reviews, are the secondary sources that prove the notability.
I don't like to have to say it, but the objections here seem related to disagreements with the thesis of the authors work. Although that is of course totally irrelevant, it might be better to include some more specifics about his degrees and positions. DGG ( talk) 12:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the notability tag from this article. I have added an awards section which includes independently verified fellowships with two major psychological associations, which, by their nature, confer notability. Per guidelines of the Canadian Psychological Assocation: "Fellows shall be Members of the Association who have made a distinguished contribution to the advancement of the science or profession of psychology or who have given exceptional service to their national or provincial associations." (
"Fellows and Awards Guidelines". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 2008-07-27.) and from the Association for Psychological Science: "Fellow status is awarded to APS Members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application." (
"APS Fellows". Association for Psychological Science. Retrieved 2008-08-04. {{
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In the version viewed on 9/12/13, the page notes that Coren's work on handedness and mortality has played out in the literature and cites a general psychology textbook as evidence. Unfortunately, this is not how the academic dispute played out, and on that matter the general textbook was simply incorrect in claiming that Coren and Halpern's hypothesis was vindicated.
In fact, the majority of the academic literature presses against Coren and Halpern's hypothesis and has supported the claim that Coren and Halpern's methodology (effectively a case-control design) was confounded by secular trends in the population - specifically changes in the reported prevalence of left-handedness that increased during a certain period among younger persons. This biased a sampling of death records as left-handed persons were more represented among the younger-deceased. Effectively, Coren and Halpern confused the average age of death as evidence for a differential mortality rate. Studies which have looked specifically at death rates for cohorts, a design that is not biased by these issues, often failed to find a mortality effect associated with handedness. This was evident even when Coren and Halpern published in the New England Journal of Medicine and other authors quickly disputed the conclusions, some even citing large cohort studies (specifically, NHANES data and the Framingham study) which found no effect at all. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199110033251412 See also a large study of Swedish conscripts here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8038249 and the Iowa Women's Health Study here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8059772
Furthermore, it's been demonstrated that these suspected differences in underlying prevalence of left handedness can produce effects as large as those observed by Coren and Halpern. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.83.2.265
I suggest that the claim of Coren's theory playing out favorably and gaining acceptance be removed, given that the literature can most reasonably be summarized as "cohort studies do not show a strong effect of handedness on mortality rate". 128.163.7.150 ( talk) 22:43, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
128.163.7.150 (
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22:43, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
Wow, this needed extension - glad to do it. I still remember Dr. Coren from first-year psychology - great guy, and well worth being recognized for his work. Tony Fox (speak) 03:36, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
This article does not meet the guidelines for notability. Please reference: Wikipedia:Notability (biographies)
This article will be nominated for deletion unless some demonstrable addition is made to conform to the notability guideline. BeachDog ( talk) 17:01, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
Brian, if your colleague has published multiple books through major publishers, that person is almost certainly notable, and if you think you can do it without COI, you should certainly add the article on him or her. The absence of an article that should be in WP doesnt prove other articles inappropriate.
For a fuller explanation of some of the factors involved, see in my talk page archives [1] and [2], since I've been asked about this before. Essentially any academic or other author with major published books can be shown to be notable. Such is widely accepted at AfD--based on my experience there, I cannot imagine an article as strong as this being deleted. The argument that goes there is that the peer reviews that have taken place, and the citations to the articles, and the book reviews, are the secondary sources that prove the notability.
I don't like to have to say it, but the objections here seem related to disagreements with the thesis of the authors work. Although that is of course totally irrelevant, it might be better to include some more specifics about his degrees and positions. DGG ( talk) 12:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the notability tag from this article. I have added an awards section which includes independently verified fellowships with two major psychological associations, which, by their nature, confer notability. Per guidelines of the Canadian Psychological Assocation: "Fellows shall be Members of the Association who have made a distinguished contribution to the advancement of the science or profession of psychology or who have given exceptional service to their national or provincial associations." (
"Fellows and Awards Guidelines". Canadian Psychological Association. Retrieved 2008-07-27.) and from the Association for Psychological Science: "Fellow status is awarded to APS Members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application." (
"APS Fellows". Association for Psychological Science. Retrieved 2008-08-04. {{
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