Brain Gender

Name: Brain Gender
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ISBN: 9780195188363

ISBN-10: 0195188365

ISBN-13: 9780195188363

Edition: 2005

Authors: Melissa Hines

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Do biological factors, such as gonadal hormones, determine our sexual destiny after our genes are in place? Do they make men aggressive, or women nurturing? Do they cause boys and girls to play differently or to have different interests? Do they explain differences in sexual orientation within each sex group? Do they contribute to the preponderance of men in science or women at home? Scientists working from a psychosocial perspective would answer these questions differently than those working from a behavioral neuroscience or neuroendocrinological perspective. This book brings both of these perspectives to bear on the questions, tracing the factors that influence the brain, beginning with…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 9.02" wide x 6.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




Sex Differences in Human Behavior



Is It a Girl or Is It a Boy?



The Sexual Animal



Sex and the Animal Brain



Gonadal Hormones and Human Sexuality



Sex and Play



Androgen and Aggression



Hormones and Parenting



Androgen, Estrogen, and Cognition



Sex and the Human Brain



Engendering the Brain


Glossary


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