The essential difference
Subtitle: male and female brains and the truth about autism
By: Simon Baron-Cohen.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Sex differences (Psychology); Thought and thinking -- Sex differences; Men -- Psychology; Women -- Psychology; Autism -- Psychological aspects
Other titles: Male and female brains and the truth about autism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: The male and female brain; title: Boy meets girl; title: What is empathizing?; title: The female brain as empathizer : the evidence; title: What is systemizing?; title: The male brain as systemizer : the evidence; title: Culture; title: Biology; title: Evolution of the male and female brain; title: Autism : the extreme male brain; title: A professor of mathematics; title: The extreme female brain : back to the future.