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Brain storm : the flaws in the science of sex differences /

By: Jordan-Young, Rebecca M, 1963-.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674063511 (pbk.); 9780674063518:; 9780674063518 (pbk.).Subject(s): Brain -- Sex differences | Sex (Biology) | Sex (Psychology) | Brain -- Physiology | Gender identityDDC classification: 612.82
Contents:
Sexual brains and body politics -- Hormones and hardwiring -- Making sense of brain organization studies -- Thirteen ways of looking at brain organization -- Working backward from "distinct" groups -- Masculine and feminine sexuality -- Sexual orienteering -- Sex-typed interests -- Taking context seriously -- Trading essence for potential.
Summary: It is generally accepted that human sex differences are 'hard wired' into the brain before birth; but, argues Jordan-Young, when a great deal of the available research is subjected to detailed scrutiny it is found to be badly flawed. There is much to be discovered & the first step is to rid ourselves of the pseudo-science & myth.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 612.82 JOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0078875
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-378) and index.

Sexual brains and body politics -- Hormones and hardwiring -- Making sense of brain organization studies -- Thirteen ways of looking at brain organization -- Working backward from "distinct" groups -- Masculine and feminine sexuality -- Sexual orienteering -- Sex-typed interests -- Taking context seriously -- Trading essence for potential.

It is generally accepted that human sex differences are 'hard wired' into the brain before birth; but, argues Jordan-Young, when a great deal of the available research is subjected to detailed scrutiny it is found to be badly flawed. There is much to be discovered & the first step is to rid ourselves of the pseudo-science & myth.

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