The Male Brain »

Louann Brizendine, MD, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Educated at Yale Medical School and previously on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, she is founder and director of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. She has appeared on major media including Oprah and lives in the Bay area with her husband and son. Visit her website at www.louannbrizendine.com.

From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain.

Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female one. Exploring the latest breakthroughs in male psychology and neurology with her trademark accessibility and candor, she reveals that the male brain:

The Male Brain (diagram)

The Cast of Neurohormone Characters

Phases of a Male's Life

Introduction What Makes a Man 1

1 The Boy Brain 9

2 The Teen Boy Brain 30

3 The Mating Brain: Love and Lust 51

4 The Brain Below the Belt 67

5 The Daddy Brain 79

6 Manhood: The Emotional Lives of Men 95

7 The Mature Male Brain 112

Epilogue The Future of the Male Brain 131

Appendix The Male Brain and Sexual Orientation 133

Notes 137

References 179

Index 263