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Three Rivers Press: New York, NY (2011), Paperback, 271 pages
Description
Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female one.
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LibraryThing member TpJay
Does what it says on the tin and maps the chemical changes in the brain through the stages from infant to grandfather. Intelligible easy read with a mass of references for those who want to dig deeper
LibraryThing member christineplouvier
There's a bit too much overlap between the companion books "The Female Brain" and "The Male Brain." But bearing in mind that correlation is not causation, that there's almost infinite individual variability between human beings that the generalizations in this book tend to obscure, and that as a
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Registered Nurse I have some of my own pet theories based on more than 20 years' experience...this is a decent little review of basic applied and theoretical neuropsychology. Should be useful as a springboard for more detailed research by non-specialists such as novelists, who would be well-advised to ensure that their efforts at character development don't remain in the "cardboard" range. Show Less
LibraryThing member heike6
Always keep in mind that his providing solutions to your problems is how he shows you he loves you. This book was pretty short and basic, but if you don't know much about psychology already, it is a great ""Cliffs notes"" version.
LibraryThing member rosechimera
Expected scientific explanations with generalizations to illustrate, but was far more geared toward broad generalizations vaguely correlated to science. Very limited treatment of the topic and men are relegated to a narrow range of behavior. Part of the book seems to be assuaging the guilt of
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parents raising unpleasant people because their children are not violent or irresponsible, they are just being male.No discussion seemed to be given regarding the variability of brains within the sexes, but I did stop reading because the book was so disappointing, and the ePub was corrupt to top it all off.
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LibraryThing member rosechimera
Expected scientific explanations with generalizations to illustrate, but was far more geared toward broad generalizations vaguely correlated to science. Very limited treatment of the topic and men are relegated to a narrow range of behavior. Part of the book seems to be assuaging the guilt of
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parents raising unpleasant people because their children are not violent or irresponsible, they are just being male.No discussion seemed to be given regarding the variability of brains within the sexes, but I did stop reading because the book was so disappointing, and the ePub was corrupt to top it all off.
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LibraryThing member c_why
So enlightening. Would have been helpful if this were published 50 years ago !
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271 p.; 8.01 inches
ISBN
0767927540 / 9780767927543