NEUR 218 - Brain Sex

4 Credits

1 Units

In considering sex differences in the brain, a number of questions arise. Do biological factors, such as sex hormones, influence our sexual fate after our genetic information is established? Do biological factors make women more nurturing or men more aggressive? Do these same factors explain differences in sexual orientation? This course explores how scientists from a variety of disciplines attempt to provide answers to these questions that may have critical implications for understanding the social roles of men and women in today’s society as well as the different educational and emotional issues that face males and females. Empirical investigations and scientific theories from neurobiology, psychology, sociology and endocrinology that claim to explain gender differences are examined. (U1) (PTK - SCI)

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SCI

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