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Sex and the Brain: a Reader by Gillian Einstein is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sex and the Brain: a Reader about?
Annotation This Collection Of Foundational Papers On Sex Differences In The Brain Traces The Development Of A Much-invoked, Fast-growing Young Field At The Intersection Of Brain And Behavior. The Reader Is Introduced To The Meaning And Nature Of Sexual Dimorphisms, The Mechanisms And Consequences Of Steroid Hormone Action, And The Impact Of The Field On Interpretations Of Sexuality And Gender. Building On Each Other In Point-counterpoint Fashion, The Papers Tell A Fascinating Story Of An Emerging Science Working Out Its Core Assumptions. Experimental And Theoretical Papers, Woven Together By Editor's Introductions, Open A Window Onto Knowledge In The Making And A Vigorous Debate Between Reductionist And Pluralist Interpreters. Five Major Sections Include Papers On Conceptual And Methodological Background, Central Nervous System Dimorphisms, Mechanisms For Creating Dimorphisms, Dimorphisms And Cognition, And Dimorphisms And Identity. Each Section Builds From Basic Concepts To Early Experiments, From Experimental Models To Humans, And From Molecules To Mind. Papers By Such Leading Scholars As Arthur Arnold, Frank Beach, Anne Fausto-sterling, Patricia Goldman-rakic, Doreen Kimura, Sim
Who reads Sex and the Brain: a Reader?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gillian Einstein
- Publisher
- The MIT Press; MIT Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781282099166
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Psychology, Medical
