The Female Brain
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3.2 • 5 Ratings
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
Accessible, fun and compelling, and based on more than three decades of research, The Female Brain will help women to better understand themselves - and the men in their lives.
In this groundbreaking book, Dr Louann Brizendine describes the uniquely flexible structure of the female brain and its constant, dynamic state of change - the key difference that separates it from that of the male - and reveals how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and whom they'll love. She also reveals the neurological explanations behind why...
- A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened...
- Thoughts about sex enter a woman's brain perhaps once every couple of days, but may enter a man's brain up to once every minute...
- A woman's brain goes on high alert during pregnancy - and stays that way long after giving birth...
- A woman over 50 is more likely to initiate divorce than a man...
- Women tend to know what people are feeling, while men can't spot an emotion unless someone cries or threatens them with bodily harm!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This comprehensive new look at the hormonal roller coaster that rules women's lives down to the cellular level, "a user's guide to new research about the female brain and the neurobehavioral systems that make us women," offers a trove of information, as well as some stunning insights. Though referenced like a work of research, Brizedine's writing style is fully accessible. Brizendine provides a fascinating look at the life cycle of the female brain from birth ("baby girls will connect emotionally in ways that baby boys don't") to birthing ("Motherhood changes you because it literally alters a woman's brain-structurally, functionally, and in many ways, irreversibly") to menopause (when "the female brain is nowhere near ready to retire") and beyond. At the same time, Brizedine is not above reviewing the basics: "We may think we're a lot more sophisticated than Fred or Wilma Flintstone, but our basic mental outlook and equipment are the same." While this book will be of interest to anyone who wonders why men and women are so different, it will be particularly useful for women and parents of girls.
