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The Female Brain

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The Female Brain

by Louann Brizendine, Susan Wels

August 1, 2006 | Hardcover

Every brain begins as a female brain. It only becomes male eight weeks after conception, when excess testosterone shrinks the communications center, reduces the hearing cortex, and makes the part of the brain that processes sex twice as large.

Louann Brizendine, M.D. is a pioneering neuropsychiatrist who brings together the latest findings to show how the unique structure of the female brain determines how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and whom they'll love. Brizendine reveals the neurological explanations behind why

• A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened

• A teen girl is so obsessed with her looks and talking on the phone

• Thoughts about sex enter a woman's brain once every couple of days but enter a man's brain about once every minute

• A woman knows what people are feeling, while a man can't spot an emotion unless somebody cries or threatens bodily harm

• A woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a man

Women will come away from this book knowing that they have a lean, mean communicating machine. Men will develop a serious case of brain envy.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Very interesting

    Nora Arzoumanian

    4 years ago

    I found this book very captivating and insightful! I learned a lot from it! A must read for all women, I think that it is inportant to fully understand how our brains function and how different it actually is from the male brain. I definelty recommend!

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    We all know that men and women think differently from one another. This book is written in easy-to-understand language explaining the scientific reasons, both chemically and physiologically, why we are different from childhood to adulthood. It gives examples we can all relate to through different stages of our lives. This is a compliment to books like, "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" which are written more from the psychology standpoint. After reading this book, I not only understand myself better but why men think differently than women do. Definitely a must-read for both sexes! Very informative and easy to read and enjoy! A female co-worker recommended this book to me after a male friend sent it to her to read. Her father-in-law, who is a retired surgeon, recently visited and began reading it. He was amazed at how well-written it was and, although it was a lot of review for him in terms of the medical side, he was so impressed he asked to take the book with him so he could finish it! I highly recommend it!

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Every brain begins as a female brain. It only becomes male eight weeks after conception, when excess testosterone shrinks the communications center, reduces the hearing cortex, and makes the part of the brain that processes sex twice as large.

Louann Brizendine, M.D. is a pioneering neuropsychiatrist who brings together the latest findings to show how the unique structure of the female brain determines how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and whom they'll love. Brizendine reveals the neurological explanations behind why

• A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened

• A teen girl is so obsessed with her looks and talking on the phone

• Thoughts about sex enter a woman's brain once every couple of days but enter a man's brain about once every minute

• A woman knows what people are feeling, while a man can't spot an emotion unless somebody cries or threatens bodily harm

• A woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a man

Women will come away from this book knowing that they have a lean, mean communicating machine. Men will develop a serious case of brain envy.

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Men, get ready to develop brain envy.

Advance praise for The Female Brain

"Finally, a satisfying answer to Freud's question, 'What does a woman want?' Louann Brizendine has done a great favor for every man who wants to understand the puzzling women in his life. A breezy and enlightening guide to women-and a must-read for men."
-Daniel Goleman, author of Social Intelligence

"Sassy, witty, reassuring, and great fun. All women-and the men who love them-should read this book."
-Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of The Wisdom of Menopause

"An eye-opening account of the biological foundations of human behavior. Destined to become a classic in the field of gender studies."
-Marilyn Yalom, author of A History of the Breast

"A timely, insightful, readable, and altogether magnificent book."
-Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants and Natural Selection

About the Author

Louann Brizendine, M.D., a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board of Medical Examiners, is an endowed clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is founder and director of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic. After receiving her degree in neurobiology at University of California, Berkeley, and her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, she completed an internship and residency in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She has served as faculty at both Harvard and UCSF. She sits on the boards of peer reviewed journals and is the recipient of numerous honors and awards.

Hardcover

304 Pages, 6.46 x 9.55 x 1.14 in

August 1, 2006

English


0767920090
9780767920094

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From the Critics

Men, get ready to develop brain envy.

Advance praise for The Female Brain

"Finally, a satisfying answer to Freud's question, 'What does a woman want?' Louann Brizendine has done a great favor for every man who wants to understand the puzzling women in his life. A breezy and enlightening guide to women-and a must-read for men."
-Daniel Goleman, author of Social Intelligence

"Sassy, witty, reassuring, and great fun. All women-and the men who love them-should read this book."
-Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of The Wisdom of Menopause

"An eye-opening account of the biological foundations of human behavior. Destined to become a classic in the field of gender studies."
-Marilyn Yalom, author of A History of the Breast

"A timely, insightful, readable, and altogether magnificent book."
-Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants and Natural Selection

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