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227 reviews for:
The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain
Gina Rippon
3.85 AVERAGE
227 reviews for:
The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain
Gina Rippon
3.85 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
In this non-fiction book, the neuro-scientist Gina Rippon disputes the myth of the "female brain" by showing how seemingly unbiased scientific studies about gender differences are actually not as objective as we are lead to believe, which is why they should be rigorously questioned. She argues that the world and the society in which we grow up influences our neurological development to a much greater extent than our sex - according to her, our brains are "plastic" and thus moulded by the social circumstances and interactions we find ourselves in. "The Gendered Brain" is an extremely interesting and accessible account of today's scientific knowledge about the subject and has provided me with some food for though especially concerning the education of some possible future sons and daughters.
informative
reflective
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism
medium-paced
challenging
informative
slow-paced
I give it three stars, not because the science wasn't good, it was, but because it was dense. Even with a degree in psychology, including a module containing cognitive neuroscience, I sometimes felt like I was reading a textbook. My recommendation to a lay person: read Cordelia Fine instead.
informative
slow-paced
An overview of the current state in neural imaging, with an interesting conclusion.
Given the fact of the brain's lifelong plasticity - its almost thirsty, spongelike responsiveness to environmental (physical, social, familial, ...) influences -, science cannot (and should not) attribute any stereotype, including that of sex differences, to mere brain structure.
Didn't learn anything new and I've read better-written books on science. But the conclusion was worthwhile.
For readers interested in more in-depth treatment of this subject, I strongly recommend Angela Saini's Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research that's Rewriting the Story.
Given the fact of the brain's lifelong plasticity - its almost thirsty, spongelike responsiveness to environmental (physical, social, familial, ...) influences -, science cannot (and should not) attribute any stereotype, including that of sex differences, to mere brain structure.
Didn't learn anything new and I've read better-written books on science. But the conclusion was worthwhile.
For readers interested in more in-depth treatment of this subject, I strongly recommend Angela Saini's Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research that's Rewriting the Story.
DNF
This was just way too complex for my small, pea-sized brain to understand, however what I did absorb I enjoyed.
Will definitely return to in a few years once my brain as gone under a few evolutions in size.
This was just way too complex for my small, pea-sized brain to understand, however what I did absorb I enjoyed.
Will definitely return to in a few years once my brain as gone under a few evolutions in size.