The Gendered Brain

The Gendered Brain

The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain

by Gina Rippon

  • Why read?

    Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex and gender. On a daily basis, we face deeply ingrained beliefs that your sex determines your skills and preferences, from toys and colours to career choice and salaries. But what does this constant gendering mean for our thoughts, decisions and behaviour? And what does it mean for our brains?

    448 pages, 2019

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