Book ID: CBB786351049

Delusions of gender: how our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference (2010)

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Fine, Cordelia (Author)


W. W. Norton & Co.


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 338
Language: English

Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men's and women's brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men's brains aren't wired for empathy and women's brains aren't made to fix cars. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men's and women's behavior. Instead of a "male brain" and a "female brain," Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender. (Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Maibom, Heidi Lene
Tomaiuolo, Francesco
Cerasa, Antonio
Jacobson, Anne Jaap
David Peterson
Bluhm, Robyn
Concepts
Sex differences
Science and gender
Psychology
Brain
Neuropsychology
Sexuality
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20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Early modern
Ancient
21st century
Places
Greece
England
Spain
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