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The Gendered Brain Gina Rippon

The Gendered Brain By Gina Rippon

The Gendered Brain by Gina Rippon


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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.

The Gendered Brain Summary

The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain by Gina Rippon

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

The Gendered Brain Reviews

A highly accessible book. It's also an important one... it has the power to do vastly more for gender equality than any number of feminist manifestos... revolutionary to a gloriuos degree ... supremely clear-eyed ... thought-provoking -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
A treasure trove of information and good humour, The Gendered Brain offers thought-provoking perspectives on the latest debates about sex, gender and the brain. -- Cordelia Fine, author of TESTOSTERONE REX
Essential reading -- Katy Guest * Guardian *
A smart and witty addition to the literature on sex differences. Gina Rippon is one of the most outspoken scientists in this area, and she debunks a whole host of sexist stereotypes in her new book. -- Angela Saini, author of INFERIOR
[An] excellent...book... it will reward those willing to put in the effort... [and] put weapons in the arsenal of those trying to tackle sexism -- Rosamund Urwin * Sunday Times *

About Gina Rippon

Professor Gina Rippon is an international researcher in the field of cognitive neuroscience based at the Aston Brain Centre at Aston University in Birmingham. Her research involves the use of state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques to investigate developmental disorders such as autism. She is a regular contributor to events such as the British Science Festival, New Scientist Live and the Sceptics in the Pub series. In 2015 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association for her contributions to the public communication of science.

She is also an advocate for initiatives to help overcome the under-representation of women in STEM subjects. As part of a European Union Gender Equality Network, she has addressed conferences all over the world. She belongs to WISE and ScienceGrrl, and is a member of Robert Peston's Speakers4Schools programme and the Inspiring the Future initiative.

The Gendered Brain is her first book for the general reader.

Additional information

GOR010410172
9781784706814
1784706817
The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain by Gina Rippon
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
20200213
448
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