His Brain, Her Brain Quotes

“If you had been blind all your life and could suddenly see, could you distinguish by sight what you knew already by touch—say, a cube from a sphere? Would flowers look like flowers you’d felt and faces like faces, or would they all be confusing patterns?”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain

“reveals a real gender gap for SSRI efficacy. Several recent studies suggest that these heavily prescribed medications— 17 million people reported taking them between 2003 and 2006, according to the CDC—work best in the presence of estrogen.”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain

“a psychologist and director of the Autism Research Center at the University of Cambridge, argues that excesses in testosterone during the first months of brain development may make boys vulnerable to autism and other neuropsychiatric disorders.”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain

“ever growing body of evidence suggests that biology sets men and women apart in ways that have real consequences for mood and behavior—including their susceptibility to depression and other psychiatric disorders.”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain

“gender influences every aspect of these disorders—from the symptoms patients experience to their response to medication to the course of a disorder throughout a person’s life. Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in the world, affecting more than 150 million people,”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain

“Today evidence is mounting that in turning a blind eye to gender, clinicians are doing their patients a disservice. In fact, as more researchers investigate sex differences in depression and other mental illnesses, the inescapable conclusion is”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain

“Scientists agree that social learning largely shapes the male-female gap in emotional responding. Boys are toughened up in a way girls rarely are, making them less expressive but also less attuned to others’ feelings.”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain

“In fact, children’s gendered toy choice is one of the largest sex differences in behavior, second only to sexual preference itself!”
― Scientific American Editors, His Brain, Her Brain