the enchanted loom reviews louann brizendine's book, the female brain
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The Enchanted LoomTeasing sturdy threads from neuroscience masterworks
Teasing 10 threads from LouannBrizendine’s …
Thread 1:
Some parts of the brain change up to 25% every
month. Things get rocky at times, but for most women, the changes are manageable.
(pg. 3)
Thread 2:
Women’s neurological reality is not as constant
as a man’s. His is like a mountain that is worn away over the milleniaby glaciers, weatherand the deep tectonicmovements of the earth. Hers is likethe weather itself –constantly changingand hard to predict.
(pg. 4)
Thread 3:
Men use about 7000 words per day.Women use about 20,000.
(pg. 14)
Thread 4:
The “nervous system environment” a girlabsorbs during her first two years willaffect her for therest of her life.It appears thatboys may not incorporate somuch of theirmother’snervous system.
(pg. 20)
Thread 5:
Males need to be touched two to threetimes more frequently than females tomaintain the samelevel of oxytocin.Without frequenttouch, the brain’sdopamine and oxytocin receptorscan feel starved.
(pg. 72)
Thread 6:
Girls speak faster on average –250 wordsper minuteversus 125for typical males.
(pg. 36)
Thread 7:
For short-term couplings, men are chasers and women are choosers. That’s not sexstereotyping.It’s our inher-itance from ancestors who learned, over millions of years, how to propagate their genes.
(pg. 59)
Thread 8:
In thirty-seven cultures around the worldwomen are less concerned with a poten-tial husband’s visual appealand moreinterested in his materialresources andsocial status.
(pg. 61)
Thread 9:
Women look for mates who are, on average, at least four inches taller and threeand a half yearsolder.
(pg. 61)
Thread 10:
Falling in love is one of the most irrationalbrain states imaginable for both men andwomen. The brainbecomes literallyblind to the short-comings of the lover. It is an involuntary state.
(pgs. 66)
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