The Female Brain

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT One of the best books I've read on the difference between men and women.Not only describes what goes on in a female's brain but also in the male brain from conception thru death.EVERY adolescent girl OR boy should be required to read this by the time they get out of high school!!Read this when I was 72. Wish I could have read it when I was 18. Unfortunately Brizendine didn't get around to writing it until I was 63.. "A Must Read for Husbands and Fathers" according to Alfonso Gilbert. This is an outstanding book! It is very well written and researcherd. I only wish I would have read it before I married and had four children. It would have saved me many unnecessary arguments, and it would have taught me to be patient with my children, particularly my two daughters. It has, however, prepared me for future in-law children and grandchildren.Brizendine gives incredible insight into female behavior, based on advancements in nuerology. She explains everything from the monthly emotional turbulence in women to why they possess extraordinary skill in relationships, communication, motherhood, and spousal forbearance. She also t. Curios Dude said Great Insights for both Men and Women. I read this book years ago and still remember some of the insights I learned from it. I bought and read the sequel "The Male Brain" and found that book equally informative about people's behaviors. I heard the author interviewed on various NPR programs, including Terry Gross' "Fresh Air" and my local public radio station KQED's program "Forum". This book and its "companion" "The Male Brain" should be delightful reading for parents, their teenage and adult kids and college freshmen, who must navigate life's challenges on their own as newly minted, liberated adults in the fast-moving, evolving environments in colleges (and universities),

Though referenced like a work of research, Brizedine's writing style is fully accessible. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly This comprehensive new look at the hormonal roller coaster that rules women's lives down to the cellular level, "a user's guide to new research about the female brain and the neurobehavioral systems that make us women," offers a trove of information, as well as some stunning insights. Brizendine provides a fascinating look at the life cycle of the female brain from birth ("baby girls will connect emotionally in ways that baby boys don't") to birthing ("Motherhood changes you because it literally alters

Every brain begins as a female brain. It only becomes male eight weeks after conception, when excess testosterone shrinks the communications center, reduces the hearing cortex, and makes the part of the brain that processes sex twice as large. Brizendine reveals the neurological explanations behind why • A woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened• A teen girl is so obsessed with her looks and talking on the phone• Thoughts about sex enter a woman’s brain once every couple of days but enter a man’s bra