By Louann Brizendine
Why are girls extra verbal than males? Why do girls keep in mind information of fights that males can’t have in mind in any respect? Why do ladies are likely to shape deeper bonds with their lady pals than males do with their male opposite numbers? those and different questions have stumped either sexes during the a while.
Now, pioneering neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, M.D., brings jointly the most recent findings to teach how the original constitution of the feminine mind determines how ladies imagine, what they worth, how they convey, and who they love. whereas doing learn as a clinical scholar at Yale after which as a resident and school member at Harvard, Louann Brizendine came across that most of the scientific info in life on neurology, psychology, and neurobiology centred solely on men. in line with the overpowering desire for info at the girl brain, Brizendine confirmed the 1st sanatorium within the nation to review and deal with women’s mind functionality.
In The lady Brain, Dr. Brizendine distills all her findings and the most recent details from the medical group in a hugely obtainable ebook that educates ladies approximately their specified brain/body/behavior.
The outcome: ladies will come clear of this ebook understanding that they've a lean, suggest, speaking computer. males will advance a significant case of mind envy.
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