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A breakthrough work in neuroscience—and an incisive corrective to a long history of damaging pseudoscience—that finally debunks the myth that there is a hardwired distinction between male and female brains
 
We live in a gendered world, where we are ceaselessly bombarded by messages about sex and gender. On a daily…

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1 author picked Gender and Our Brains as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

As a non-male who's worked in a male-dominated industry for most of my working life (software/web development), I've always been fascinated about whether there really is any difference between male & female brains.

The author very deftly dissects the studies and media reports from recent years and makes sense of them with aplomb.

Fascinating stuff!

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