Pink or blue brains in the womb?

Source: http://yourbrainhealth.com.au/pink-or-blue-brains-in-the-womb/

 

This is an excerpt from the Introduction to The Women’s Brain Book. The neuroscience of health, hormones and happiness. Also published in the UK and Ireland as Demystifying the Female Brain. A neuroscientist explores health, hormones and happiness. 


Mother Nature is selfish. Her one and only goal is for us to have sex to make babies. To ensure dating and mating occurs, the parts of our brain that control reproduction, in particular, the hypothalamus, become ‘masculinised’ or ‘feminised’ to match our male or female gonads.

Sex hormones organise the prenatal br…

Source: http://yourbrainhealth.com.au/pink-or-blue-brains-in-the-womb/

 

This is an excerpt from the Introduction to The Women’s Brain Book. The neuroscience of health, hormones and happiness. Also published in the UK and Ireland as Demystifying the Female Brain. A neuroscientist explores health, hormones and happiness. 


Mother Nature is selfish. Her one and only goal is for us to have sex to make babies. To ensure dating and mating occurs, the parts of our brain that control reproduction, in particular, the hypothalamus, become ‘masculinised’ or ‘feminised’ to match our male or female gonads.

Sex hormones organise the prenatal br…

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