THE GENDERED BRAIN

Barbie or Lego Reading maps or reading emotions Do you have a female brain or a male brain Or is that the wrong question On a daily basis we face deeply ingrained beliefs that our sex determines our skills and preferences from toys and colours to career choice and salaries But what does this mean for our thoughts decisions and behaviour Using the latest cutting edge neuroscience Gina Rippon unpacks the stereotypes that bombard us from our earliest moments and shows how these messages mould our ideas of ourselves and even shape our brains Rigorous timely and liberating The Gendered Brain has huge repercussions for women and men for parents and children and for how we identify ourselves Highly accessible Revolutionary to a glorious degree Observer