What Sex Is Your Brain?

4 hrs. 4 min.

Popular Science

Language Russian

Author Boris Lemberg

Narrator Larisa Luganskaya

Description

Everyone knows today that men and women are similar to representatives of two different planets. But how hard it can be to agree! A woman says one thing and means another, while a man understands a third… Psychologist Boris Lemberg suggests figuring out the peculiarities of the male and female brain physiology in order to learn how to interact with people regardless of their gender.

Contents:

Introduction
Part 1 Biology
Female brain, male brain
Sex differences: what research says
Differences between the male and female brain
How sex controls behavior at work
Sex differences in brain structures
A symmetrical and an asymmetrical brain
Hemispheric specialization in men and women
Gender differences in the sequence of brain development
Sex and its hormones
Physical activity and motor skills
Why is it so hard to study differences between us?
Part 2 Intelligence
IQ and EQ
Differences in the process of cognition
Speech skills
Spatial skills
Intelligence and academic abilities
Sex and academic achievement
Differences in learning and motivation
Part 3 Psychology
Self-perception
Man, woman, and temperament
Male and female reactions to stress
Fight or flight
Searching for a safe place
Differences between men and women in social connections are noticeable from birth
Questions of status and respect in the male mind
What paths can men take to seek respect?
Differences in men’s and women’s approach to sexuality
Cultural, socio-economic, and gender differences
Which sex is more altruistic?
Interpersonal behavior and relationships
Men and women in communication with each other
Male body language
Female body language
Male speech
Female speech
Male style of thinking
Female style of thinking
Afterword
Appendices
Appendix 1 Table of differences between male and female brains
Appendix 2 Questionnaire: what gender is your brain?
Appendix 3 Test: your dominant hemisphere