Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
- ISBN-10
- 0393340244
- ISBN-13
- 9780393340242
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-08-08
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Cordelia Fine
Description
Using findings from the latest information in developmental psychology, neuroscience and education, this book debunks the assumed differences between male and female brain function and reveals the brain's remarkable plasticity and the influence of culture on identity. Reprint.
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- 2005-02-01
- 300 pages
- Paperback
- Icon Books Ltd
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Summary of Cordelia Fine's Delusions of Gender
By , Everest MediaPlease note: This is a companion version & not the original book.