Simon Baron-Cohen shows that, indisputably, on average male and female minds are of a slightly different character. Men tend to be better at analysing systems (better systemisers), while women tend to be better at reading the emotions of other people (better empathisers). Baron-Cohen shows that this distinction arises from biology, not culture. He also introduces the extreme male brain theory of autism.
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Höhe: 225 mm
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978-0-7139-9671-5 (9780713996715)
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Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge
The male and female brain; boy meets girl; what is empathizing?; the female brain as empathizer - the evidence; what is systemizing?; the male brain as systemizer - the evidence; culture; biology; evolution of the male and female brain; a professor in mathematics; the extreme female brain - back to the future. Appendices: the "reading the mind in the eyes" test; the empathy quotient (EQ); the systemizing quotient (SQ); the autism spectrum quotient (AQ).
