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The Female Brain

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The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, MD, delves into the biological and neurological underpinnings of the female brain. It explores how hormones shape women's perceptions, behaviours and lives from childhood through to later years. The book provides scientific insights and relatable anecdotes that illustrate the unique ways in which female brains develop and function.
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You might enjoy this book if you're curious about the distinct neurological and hormonal processes that influence women's thoughts, behaviours, and emotions throughout various stages of life. It offers insightful explanations that blend science with everyday experiences, making it appealing to those intrigued by the interplay between biology and psychology.

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Describes the 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. This work is based on more than three decades of research.

The Female Brain is a thought-provoking, accessible and fun guide that will help women to better understand themselves and the men in their lives.

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The Female Brain is a thought-provoking, accessible, and fun guide that will help women 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. This is the key difference that separates it from the male brain. She reveals how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and whom they'll love. Furthermore, she provides neurological explanations behind various behaviours:

  • 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 pregnancyβ€”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!

Accessible, fun, and compelling, and based on more than three decades of research, The Female Brain will help women to better understand themselvesβ€”and the men in their lives.

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Many reviews praise The Female Brain as an enlightening and readable guide that offers insight into understanding the biological foundations of women's behaviour. It is described as both sassy and witty, and has been recommended as essential reading for both women and the men in their lives. The engaging writing style and comprehensive coverage of topics from relationships to communication have made it a well-regarded work in its field.

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ISBN: 9780553818499

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 January 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 245g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Dr Louanne Brizendine is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and director of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California. She has more than three decades of experience as a physician, psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist and has studied the female brain for the past 20 years. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.

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