The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think

by Louann Brizendine MD Narrated by Kimberly Farr

Overview

From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain.

Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female one. Exploring the latest breakthroughs in male psychology and neurology with her trademark accessibility and candor, she reveals that the male brain:

-is a lean, mean, problem-solving machine. Faced with a personal problem, a man will use his analytical brain structures, not his emotional ones, to find a solution.*
-thrives under competition, instinctively plays rough and is obsessed with rank and hierarchy.
-has an area for sexual pursuit that is 2.5 times larger than the female brain, consuming him with sexual fantasies about female body parts.
-experiences such a massive increase in testosterone at puberty that he perceive others' faces to be more aggressive.

The Male Brain finally overturns the stereotypes. Impeccably researched and at the cutting edge of scientific knowledge, this is a book that every man, and especially every woman bedeviled by a man, will need to own.

Editorial Reviews

AUGUST 2010 - AudioFile

A vast amount of neurological research is made accessible by the author’s sympathetic view of men’s challenges and an earnest reading by narrator Kimberly Farr. Her consistency and skillful control of the drama in her performance blend the medical findings and human narratives into a smooth and informative audio. From birth to old age, the author says, chemical properties in a man’s brain stimulate phenomena like fascination with movement and things, exploratory behavior, competitive play, pair-bonding, and even resistance to hearing female speech patterns. The work is a level-headed invitation to refrain from judging a man’s behavior by female norms and from taking his behavior too personally. Without diminishing a man’s responsibility for his excesses, the audio promotes understanding by shedding light on familiar gender conflicts. T.W. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2010 - AudioFile

A vast amount of neurological research is made accessible by the author’s sympathetic view of men’s challenges and an earnest reading by narrator Kimberly Farr. Her consistency and skillful control of the drama in her performance blend the medical findings and human narratives into a smooth and informative audio. From birth to old age, the author says, chemical properties in a man’s brain stimulate phenomena like fascination with movement and things, exploratory behavior, competitive play, pair-bonding, and even resistance to hearing female speech patterns. The work is a level-headed invitation to refrain from judging a man’s behavior by female norms and from taking his behavior too personally. Without diminishing a man’s responsibility for his excesses, the audio promotes understanding by shedding light on familiar gender conflicts. T.W. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169325454
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	03/23/2010
Edition description:	Unabridged

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