The Essential Difference: Male and Female Brains and the Truth about AutismReadHowYouWant.com, 2010 - 392 pagina's We all know the opposite sex can be a baffling, even infuriating, species. Why do most men use the phone to exchange information rather than have a chat? Why do women love talking about relationships and feelings with their girlfriends while men seem drawn to computer games, new gadgets, or the latest sports scores? Does it really all just come down to our upbringing? In The Essential Difference, leading psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen confirms what most of us had suspected all along: that male and female brains are different. This groundbreaking and controversial study reveals the scientific evidence (present even in one-day-old babies) that proves that female-type brains are better at empathizing and communicating, while male brains are stronger at understanding and building systems-not just computers and machinery, but abstract systems such as politics and music. Most revolutionary of all, The Essential Difference also puts forward the compelling new theory that autism (and its close relative, Asperger's Syndrome) is actually an example of the extreme male brain. His theory can explain why those who live with this condition are brilliant at analyzing the most complex systems yet cannot relate to the emotional lives of those with whom they live. Understanding our essential difference, Baron-Cohen concludes, may help us not only make sense of our partners' foibles, but also solve one of the most mysterious scientific riddles of our time. |
Inhoudsopgave
Boy Meets Girl | 20 |
What Is Empathizing? | 34 |
The Female Brain as Empathizer The Evidence | 47 |
What Is Systemizing? | 97 |
Culture | 133 |
Biology | 148 |
Evolution of the Male and Female Brain | 183 |
Autism The Extreme Male Brain | 207 |
A Professor of Mathematics1 | 240 |
The Extreme Female Brain Back to the Future | 264 |
THE READING THE MIND IN THE EYES | 289 |
THE EMPATHY QUOTIENT EQ1 | 304 |
THE AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT AQ1 | 317 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 341 |
Back Cover Material | 398 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism Simon Baron-Cohen Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2009 |
The Essential Difference: The Truth About The Male And Female Brain Simon Baron-Cohen Fragmentweergave - 2003 |
The Essential Difference: The Truth About The Male And Female Brain Simon Baron-Cohen Fragmentweergave - 2003 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
adults aggression agree agree disagree agree disagree disagree agree slightly slightly amygdala androgen asked Asperger Syndrome Autism Spectrum Quotient average Baron-Cohen behavior better boys brain type Chapter cognitive Developmental Psychology disagree disagree slightly disagree disagree strongly disagree slightly slightly disagree strongly agree disagree strongly slightly emotional empathizing empathizing and systemizing empathizing skills evidence example extreme female brain extreme male brain feelings friends Frith gender genetic girls high-functioning autism hormones human individuals input interest Journal Kimura language less look Lutchmaya Maccoby male and female math mathematical Neuroscience output parents person play predict Psychiatry relationships Richard Borcherds right hemisphere sex differences Simon Baron-Cohen slightly agree slightly slightly strongly slightly strongly agree slightly strongly disagree someone spatial ability strongly agree agree strongly agree disagree strongly agree slightly strongly disagree disagree strongly slightly slightly studies talk tend testosterone theory of mind things understand verbal Wheelwright women