The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain (Allen Lane Science S.) - Softcover

9780713996715: The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain (Allen Lane Science S.)
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Simon Baron-Cohen shows that, indisputably, on average Male and Female minds are of a slightly different character.

Men tend to be better at analysing systems (better systemisers) while women tend to be better at reading the emotions of other people (better empathisers).

Baron-Cohen show that this distinction arises from biology, not culture.

The extreme male brain is what we describe as autism.

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This is no Mars/Venus whimsy, but the conclusion fron twenty years of experiment (Evening Standard)

This is a fascinating, thought-provoking book. Women will want to talk about it. Men will sit silent and brood over its details (Observer)

Compelling... the book's final and probably most controversial argument is a treat for those who simply enjoy a good idea (Guardian)

A thought-provoking take on the minds of men and women (Evening Standard)

A devastating new contribution to the gender debate...dynamite (Mail on Sunday)

The minds of men and women are very different - and here at last is the scientific proof... scholarly but never dry, this will definitely provoke lively discussion (Daily Mail)
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Simon Baron-Cohen shows that, indisputably, on average male and female minds are of a slightly different character. Men tend to be better at analysing systems (better systemisers), while women tend to be better at reading the emotions of other people (better empathisers). Baron-Cohen shows that this distinction arises from biology, not culture. He also introduces the extreme male brain theory of autism.

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  • PublisherAllen Lane
  • Publication date2003
  • ISBN 10 0713996714
  • ISBN 13 9780713996715
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages288
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