The Sexual Brain

Informationen zum Autor Simon LeVay Klappentext The Sexual Brain asserts that human sexual feelings and behavior can best be understood in terms of the development, structure, and function of the brain circuits that produce them. A new afterword to this paperback edition examines the work of Dean Hamer and his colleagues, who in 1993 produced evidence of a gene that influences sexual orientation in men.This work examines the biological roots of human sexual behavior. The author proposes the theory that the diversity of human sexual feelings and behavior can best be understood in terms of the development, structure, and function of the brain.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Levay
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.1994
• EAN: 9780262620932
• ISBN: 978-0-262-62093-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Bradford Books; The Sexual Brain
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine