Dr. Brizendine discusses her latest book, The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think. An article about Dr. Louann Brizendine and her research in her first book The Female Brain in a July 2006 issue of Newsweek started a media frenzy that led to appearances on GMA's "20/20" and "Good Morning America," NBC's "The Today Show" and "News with Brian Williams," CNN's "American Morning," NPR's "Weekend All Things Considered," "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" along with national print reviews and features in USA Today, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, Elle, More, Discover, Health, and the coverage has not abated.
Now, Brizendine, founder of the country's first clinic to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female’s in every phase of life, from babyhood to old age. In The Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think, Brizendine overturns the stereotypes about men and boys. Impeccably researched and at the cutting edge of scientific knowledge, this is a book that every man, and especially every woman bedeviled by a man, will need to own.
Bio
Dr. Louann Brizendine
Louann Brizendine, M.D. graduated from UC, Berkeley in Neurobiology, Yale University in Medicine and Harvard Medical School in Psychiatry.
She served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School from 1985-88 when she came to join the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. At UCSF, Dr. Brizendine pursues active clinical, teaching, writing and research activities.
In 1994, Dr. Brizendine founded the UCSF Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at LPPI, and continues to serve as it's director. The Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic is a unique psychiatric clinic designed to assess and treat women of all ages experiencing disruption of mood, energy, anxiety, sexual function and well-being due to hormonal influences on the brain. In addition Dr. Brizendine instructs and supervises residents, fellows, and medical students in this Clinic throughout the year helping young doctors learn more about this important area in women's mental, sexual and physical health. She annually teaches courses to medical students and residents addressing the topics of the brain effects of hormones, mood disorders, anxiety problems and sexual interest changes due to hormones throughout the country. She is an expert on the effects of testosterone on sex drive in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Science concerned with the integration of psychological observations on behaviour with neurological observations on the central nervous system (CNS), including the brain. The field emerged through the work of Paul Broca and Carl Wernicke (18481905), both of whom identified sites on the cerebral cortex involved in the production or comprehension of language. Great strides have since been made in describing neuroanatomical systems and their relation to higher mental processes. The related field of neuropsychiatry addresses itself to disorders such as aphasia, Korsakoff syndrome, Tourette syndrome, and other CNS abnormalities. See alsolaterality.
Something is definitely wrong. I tried different browsers, the video stops at question 8 abruptly and I can't watch any of the final questions even if I try to skip number 8.
-Homosexuality results from childhood sexual abuse. I've never met a homosexual who didn't have some degree of abuse as a child. I'm not religious. And who cares about the quality of the video?
-If this is true in the place you live in, I would hate to think what happens to the girls.
As for me, I thought it was a nice video, and for the most part true. She gave us some information we already knew but added on a bit more scientific knowledge on it, like prophylactic.
I wasn't overly impressed
she kind of beat around the bush
and spoke a lot about what we already know
it's more of a feminists hand book
THE MALE BRAIN: what the feminist needs to know.
and she thoroughly danced around her first question
Homosexuality results from childhood sexual abuse. I've never met a homosexual who didn't have some degree of abuse as a child. I'm not religious. And who cares about the quality of the video?
Its not the first time I wasted some time watching FORA's populist, superficial shows with plenty of social engineering propaganda.
Maybe I am ignorant, but I mostly fail to find valuable content here, mostly entertainment and spin. Or is it all show meant to sell books?
"World is getting feet wet with thinking" would be way more honest motto.
Honor exceptions.
I don't think I can relate to the female interpretation of the male brain, certainly not this female anyway in this discussion, where social indoctrination and cultural customs, seem to be influencing her objectivity.
Apologies about the slides. We did attempt to get them, but had little luck. Typically our post production staff edits in slides and multimedia. Appreciate the feedback.
Yeah, camera work is very poor in this video. At times when Dr Louann talks about what's on the screen, only part of it shown or not at all. I enjoyed the talk, but camera not following what presenter was pointing/focusing, made it less enjoyable than it could have been. The talk itself is excellent!