Are differences between men and women hard-wired in the brain?

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The New Scientist reviews Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender, just published by Icon, and says:

‘Fine is fun, droll yet deeply serious. Setting a cracking pace, Delusions tackles the power of implicit association (those unconscious associations we make about men and women) and of negative stereotyping, plus the empathising/systematising theory proposed by psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen, and the messy world of brain scans and genetic research. Her conclusion: we are in thrall to “neurosexism”.’

The full review is here and Cordelia, pictured left, will be on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this morning talking about the book, too – do tune in!

Finally, here are two further pieces about the book that have just appeared in the US on the American edition – on Jezebel.com and in Newsweek.